The Irish Farmers Association is welcoming plans to centralise the issuing of horse identification details.
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Seven separate bodies are currently responsible for providing the passports and microchips.
The Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney says the system is going to be radically overhauled in the comings months.
It comes after an inquiry found irregularities in the details of 25 horses at a slaughter plant in Co Offaly last week.
The IFA’s Horse Chairman – James Murphy – says assigning the ID task to one body is a step in the right direction:
