Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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224. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine the issuing of animal passports by a society (details supplied). [15274/22]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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Equine identification and traceability is underpinned by EU Legislation. New Equine Identification legislation became applicable from 7 July 2021. This legislation introduced changes to the format of the equine identification document. All equine identification documents are required to be issued in this format from 28 January 2022.

I have been advised that the breed society in question are now in a position to issue identification documents in the new format. However, there is a backlog which they are working to clear. They have placed a notice with the relevant information on their website.