Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 26 June 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion

5:00 pm

Mr. Denis Duggan:

No. Earlier, I mentioned that we will be launching our e-passport system in the coming weeks. Some 2,000 foal kits have been issued. Under the new system, breeders will be applying for their foal kits when the new system goes live.

I will go back to the statistic quoted by the Deputy of three in every four foals being sold without passports. I could not stand over that. I am not familiar with the statistic, but I will be very clear that I would not like it to emanate from these proceedings that this is the case.