Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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24. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to improve the compliance rate of microchipping for Irish greyhounds that are being sold to the UK. [41259/18]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The feedback from databases dealing with dog identification indicates high levels of compliance for dogs generally.

Greyhounds being sold to the UK must be accompanied by a passport. The relevant EU legislation (Regulation 576/2013) states that a passport can only be issued by a vet after the vet has verified that the dog has been marked with a chip. The passport must contain the chip number and the date of insertion of chip.

Furthermore, in the case of greyhounds it is not possible to enter them in the stud book if they are not microchipped which means they are unable to race or be used for breeding.