Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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My question will be last, actually. It relates to security and follows on from what Deputy Deering said.

If I have animals at home and if my registered vet or I input data on drug treatment, dosing or whatever and somebody else walks into the yard with a reader, how can I be sure that I can protect the data from being manipulated? Likewise, when I go to the mart, could anyone interfere with the integrity of the information on the system? Each device has to be registered to the owner and the vet in order that until the change of ownership takes place, nobody can corrupt the information on it. There were many questions.