Animal Passports

633. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current number of outstanding horse passport applications with an organisation (details supplied); the average processing time for passports in 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of applications delayed beyond the target processing time; and the action he is taking to ensure breeders, owners and pro…

634. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of passport errors, corrections, duplicate passports, identification issues or complaint cases have been recorded by an organisation (details supplied) in each of the past five years; whether his Department audits the accuracy of passport data; and if he is satisfied that the current system protects the in…

660. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that passporting delays can result in foals being older and more difficult to handle by the time identification and veterinary processes are completed; whether any animal welfare or health and safety assessment has been carried out; and if he accepts that delays may increase risk for breeders, vets, ha…

390. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of pet passports that his Department issued in the years of 2025 and to-date in 2026, by month, in tabular form. [31730/26]

787. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will develop an exotic pets register, similar to practices in Northern Ireland. [3379/26]

822. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of the recent public tender process for the issuing of horse passports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4464/26]

742. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of delays in issuing passports for horses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55095/25]

2184. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of pet passports issued for dogs and cats being taken out of the country in each of the past five years, in tabular form; if these dogs and cats have returned to Ireland or have remained outside the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41746/25]

2185. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of people applying for pet passports for their dogs and cats in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41747/25]

152. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horse passports issued annually, by passport issuing organisation; and by year since 2008, in tabular form. [34655/25]

153. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average waiting time for passport issuance by Horse Sport Ireland, by county, by year for the past 10 years, in tabular form. [34656/25]

154. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications for horse passports currently outstanding, by passport issuing organisations, to provide a breakdown, by county, in tabular form. [34657/25]

155. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to confirm the number of horse passports issued over the past 10 years that have included a "Do Not Enter Food Chain" stamp, by reason, county and year. [34658/25]

156. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual number of complaints received regarding horse passport delays, errors or irregularities, by county, and by year since 2010. [34659/25]

157. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to confirm whether a centralised national microchip and passport database for equines exists; and if not, whether there are plans to establish one. [34660/25]

1764. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on an application for a herd number submitted to his Department’s office in Drumshanbo by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21158/25]

17. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps being taken by his Department to ensure equine chip and pin legislation is enforced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13483/25]

1253. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a passport application (details supplied) for a foal out of the mare, submitted in June 2024 to Horse Sport Ireland. [10893/25]

1254. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of significant delays in processing equine passport applications; the number of outstanding 2024 applications for equine passports; the average processing time for applications; and the steps being taken to address delays, given the impact on equine sales and exports. [10894/25]

1261. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a passport system is currently in place or will be introduced for the ownership of horses, similar to the registration system for other animals, with his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11144/25]