Barry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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373. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of dog passports that are acquired each year for the transporting of dogs to other jurisdictions. [32679/16]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Under EU Regulation 576/2013, pet dogs, cats and ferrets must be accompanied by an identification document (mainly in the form of an EU pet passport) issued by a registered private veterinary practitioner (PVP) when moving from one EU Member State to another.

The number of EU pet passports issued in Ireland each year since 2004 is as follows: