Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

To clarify, in relation to the animal identification and movement system, or AIMS, factory staff notify the movement of animals coming to a slaughter plant to AIMS predominantly by way of a web service application. A small number of factories use an online system or paper system. The factory staff who interact over web services and online only have tag-enquiry access to AIMS - to get the tag number of the animal being presented for slaughter - and to a customer search facility to get names and addresses of keepers or herd numbers. It is important to note that factory staff do not have access to herd profile details on AIMS. My Department publishes an AIMS annual report every year and this is available on the website also.

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