Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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As we know, for livestock animals, the Department of agriculture has a very sophisticated animal registration system. The minute a calf is born, it has to be registered, which is quite right. Its systems are a very important part of traceability. I understood that the idea at the time microchipping was introduced was that it would cover this.