Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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I did ask for the topic. I thank the Chair. Would there be any value in a voluntary system of central registration, where the Garda or another organisation would maintain a register? Marking equipment is a sensible precaution but people might sell stuff. If gardaí go to a market or find someone who is selling ill-gotten goods, it is not necessarily easy to disprove a claim that they were sold to the man or woman selling them. Would there be a value in a central register where tradespeople or farmers could register expensive equipment? If they sell it on, they can contact the register or, if it is stolen, they can report that. When that equipment is found, gardaí can refer to the register and see that the item was registered and then stolen. Is there sense to a system like that?