Horse traceability in Ireland is to be improved under a new scheme.

Launched by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon TD, the scheme aims to fund improvements in how equine life events are captured.

The Equine Traceability Improvement Scheme 2025 will provide €500,000 in funding to support the use of IT solutions by passport issuing organisations and equine sales houses to monitor the movements of Ireland’s equine population more effectively.

ETIS 2025 will be open to the seven passport issuing organisations as well as the five main equine sales houses. Applications are now been taken with a closing date for submissions on the 30th September 2025.