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

Photo of Andrew DoyleAndrew 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.