Mr. Anthony Collins:

The comment I have is in line with much of what I have already said, which is that 52% of the horse population in the State is unidentified. This is unsustainable. There are moves currently in the EU concerning the horse industry with regard to the way horse regulation is applied in Ireland, the cost of the regulation and the way the regulation was introduced in 2009 for identifying horses. All of these have contributed to the black economy in the horse industry.