Joe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I take the opportunity to welcome the new Minister of State, Deputy Tom Hayes, to the House. Comhghairdeas. Regarding a potential registration waiver, which I have raised with the Minister previously, I understand where Deputy Ó Cuív is coming from on that but the difficulty is that the registration sometimes costs more than the cost of the horse. A prohibitive cost issue arises in that horses are being dumped because the owners do not want to register them. I do not seek a response today but I ask that consideration be given to some form of waiver for registration because of the prohibitive cost of registering.

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