Michael McCarthy (Labour)

I support Senator Henry's amendment, for obvious reasons, considering the amendments have been grouped. It is a reasonable request for the Minister to consider this proposal. The inclusion of the word "humane" is an important issue. We must be mindful of the implications of failing to examine this in the proper context and of perhaps allowing a situation to occur which the Minister would not intend. This amendment is proposed as a result of extensive lobbying by Veterinary Ireland.