Brendan Griffin (Kerry South, Fine Gael)
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234. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is an approved list of suppliers for the bovine identification electronic rumen bolus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23484/13]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Council Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000 /EC requires that all bovines must be identified by two ear tags (one of which may additionally carry an electronic component if that is what the farmer desires). These regulations do not provide for identification by an electronic rumen bolus. However, farmers are free to use a bolus as a third and unofficial means of identification but the Department has not approved any company to supply such products.