Lynn Boylan (Sinn Fein)
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I get that. We have heard that the microchipping legislation in Ireland is better than in other jurisdictions. One can have the best of legislation, but if it is not enforced, then it is not worth the paper it is written on. To give the example of online sales again, many of the animal welfare organisations will state they are dedicating the time of their volunteers to go through online sales and report advertisements that are not in compliance with the online sale and supply of pets regulations. They have to do it a number of times before the advertisement is taken down, and by the time the advertisement is taken down, the dog is gone. They report those, but not a single enforcement case has been taken for any breach of the online sale regulations. They say they report hundreds of advertisements.