New scheme will provide €500,000 to improve equine traceability

A new equine traceability scheme has been launched this year by the Department of Agriculture.
The Equine Traceability Improvement Scheme 2025 will provide €500,000 towards IT solutions towards equine traceability.
The scheme, recently announced by agriculture minister Martin Heydon, will fund support for the use of IT solutions by passport-issuing organisations and equine sales houses to monitor the movement of Ireland’s equine population more effectively.