Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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660. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify an issue with regard to registering a newborn calf online (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4543/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The online registration facility caters for keepers that wish to register calves electronically. Some keepers supply data additional to the minimum requirement for registration because they are participants in the Beef Data Genomic Scheme or they are members of ICBF.

The declaration referred to in the question is at step 2 of the online registration facility for bovines. The wording of the declaration states that "I understand that the additional information is only required for ICBF and Beef Data Genomics programme purposes and, where provided, will be transferred to ICBF".

Where no additional information is supplied in such circumstances there will be no transfer of data to ICBF in relation to that registration.