Mr. Kevin Comiskey:

We have been very clear for a number of years on what we want done. We are engaging. The Deputy is right; it falls between three Departments. When I saw the working group being set up, I was not sure whether it was a positive. We met with that group, however, and it has issued its report to the Ministers: the Minister for Rural and Community Development, Deputy Humphreys, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy McConalogue, and the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O'Brien. We have engaged with them all on microchipping, the single national database, and the appropriate sanctions to be put in place to reflect the horrendous damage. It is a major issue in the countryside and where I am from. It is an issue throughout the country, as is hill walking and people out with dogs on mountains. People go for walks there and let the dogs go. That is a major issue and all these things have to be taken under control. That is where enforcement, as the IFA has always said, will be key. There have to be dog wardens. There is only something in the region of 60 in the entire country. There has to be a vast increase in the number of dog wardens. It is to be hoped the Departments will take all our points on board and act on them.