Twa Westies Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Hi, Does anyone have a definitive answer to the issue of whether or not you need expensive pet passports to travel to the South of Ireland? Has anyone done it without pet passports and was it a problem? I intend to travel via N. Ireland , the quickest route from Scotland, and given that there are open borders how is this policed or is it? Please, please don't make this about taking dogs to campsites, I have a motorhome because I have dogs, always obey site rules and hate irresponsible dog owners, noisy kids, loud music blasted from vans and all other anti social behaviour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocs Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 There are no passport requirements to take up to 5 dogs to Northern Ireland and I have done so on a number of occasions over the years. Under the existing EU legislation, pets moving between NI and the Republic of Ireland must meet the conditions relating to microchipping, vaccination against rabies (with the subsequent 21 day waiting period) and the pet passport. Worthy of note, however, is the statement from NI's Department of Agriculture and Rural Development that, in recognition of the negligible risk of rabies, there are currently no systematic border checks on pets moving between NI and the Republic of Ireland. Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJay Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 As Robert says. There appear to be no checks at the border, but you are entering another country, and the rules should be observed , especially as the Brexit vote seams to have triggered some changes in attitude. No longer a dog owner , but do respect people who like to take the family dogs with them. PJay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billggski Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 No checks made last year, Holyhead to Dublin and return. Dogs left in the Moho with food and water. But we do have passports for them, which is, technically, the requirement for the return. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the fat controller Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Definitely no border checks, the only way to know you have "crossed the border" is the road signs changing to km. I take my dog everywhere and never been stopped once or even questioned about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJay Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 the fat controller - 2017-01-07 11:04 PM Definitely no border checks, the only way to know you have "crossed the border" is the road signs changing to km. I take my dog everywhere and never been stopped once or even questioned about it. I see you live in NI. In theory things should change with Brexit, but can see difficulties to enforce it. i guess we will have to have very tight controls , on our border with NI, as a way to stop entry of "undesirables " PJay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twa Westies Posted January 8, 2017 Author Share Posted January 8, 2017 Actually I live in Scotland and because non of us know what will happen post Brexit I want to go to the Republic this year, many thanks for your reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twa Westies Posted January 8, 2017 Author Share Posted January 8, 2017 Many thanks for your replies so far, it was much as I thought, the rules say that you should have pet passports but if you come from the UK they are not enforced -yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twa Westies Posted January 8, 2017 Author Share Posted January 8, 2017 Thanks Robert that quote from the NI Department of Ag. very interesting and may be worth taking along just in case. H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJay Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Twa Westies - 2017-01-08 12:18 PM Actually I live in Scotland and because non of us know what will happen post Brexit I want to go to the Republic this year, many thanks for your reply. Confusion, i think, Was replying to OP PJay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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