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

Increased investment in IT solutions for equine traceability has been allocated by the Department as part of The Equine Traceability Improvement Scheme 2025

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.