Dillon criticises tagging system
He was anxious that Ireland and other member states move to an electronic system but, up to January 2008, all Irish sheep will be double tagged and identified individually, with all recording on a flock basis, in line with the vote of the European Parliament.
IFA President John Dillon criticised Minister Walsh for voting in the Council of Ministers for a complex and bureaucratic system of sheep tagging and registration, which had been rejected out of hand by the European Parliament and by Irish sheep farmers.
