Ms Nuala Geraghty:

The Deputy is correct that if we say we can train 100 dogs a year, there will be more demand. However, it would be great to be able to get somewhere near and at least start plugging the gap. We are in the middle of a four-year strategy and we intend to be able to produce 45 dogs by the end of it. We have a solid foundation now where we have our breeding scheme up and running. Hopefully, we will be able to train 100 dogs, obviously with funding. We cannot do it by ourselves. We would be able to get somewhere near that five years after the current strategy.