Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 21 January 2014
Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised)
2:55 pm
Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Perhaps investing money in an identification scheme for horses and dogs through the use of microchipping and so on should form part of a policy to collect data. Data on thoroughbreds and non-thoroughbreds are collected but the problem arises in the area of registered breeds societies. The outturn last year doubled in comparison to the original provision and everybody is anxious about this.