Dr. Eoin Ryan:

This is an EU regulation, obviously, so it does not apply to the UK. The applicability to the North comes under the Windsor Framework, and there is a separate framework to address that, which I will not go into here. On the question of whether we have been in touch with our UK colleagues, we regularly meet our counterparts in DEFRA on dog welfare and dog control issues on a technical level, so they are aware of this from that. We regularly interact with and talk to them on these dog issues. Similarly, in the UK, there is a lot of societal concern about dog welfare. That is no secret. The UK also has its own legislation moving through. The committee will be aware of that. I will not comment on that. It is fair to say the UK is moving in a similar direction. There are similar concerns in both countries about similar issues, and that is normal. This EU regulation reflects societal concerns across Europe, and there are similar societal concerns in the UK. On a technical level, we have been in touch with our UK colleagues about this. That would be part of our normal discussions. We regularly interact with them.