Mr. Martin Blake:

As Mr. Gleeson said, the system we have complies with the EU law, just as the cattle situation complies with EU law. On identification, the big difference in relation to horses is that a vet must do the identification and a microchip and the markings of the horse must be submitted to the passport-issuing organisation. The difference is there are seven passport-issuing organisations in Ireland. There is one that issues passports for bovines. They comply with EU law. Based on what we have seen and gathered over the years and in the context of our discussion with the food fraud network of the EU last week, this is a problem all over Europe. It causes problems in the apparent trade in horses which are re-identified or misidentified. We are looking at what we need to do to become a world leader and give leadership in the identification and traceability of horses. That is where the issues Mr. Gleeson mentioned are part of the conversation.