Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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Would it be a good idea to have a check? The witnesses were saying welfare needs to be taken away from the Department of agriculture, but in fairness to the Department, with cattle, sheep and all that, it has regular inspections for different reasons for different schemes. It might be worth liaising with it to see whether this could be checked up on. There is no point in someone who has not the right type of land, a proper shed and a bit of a yard having animals. If someone has not those few facilities there is not point in talking about having any type of animal.