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Table 4 The number of dog movements from other EU countries into Ireland during 2018 through to July 2021, as recorded in TRACES, which is the online platform of the European Commission to facilitate sanitary and phytosanitary certification of animals, animal products, food and feed and plants, into the EU, for intra-EU trade and EU exports (https://ec.europa.eu/food/animals/traces_en)

From: Understanding the dog population in the Republic of Ireland: insight from existing data sources?

Country

2018

2019

2020

2021 (Jan-Jul)

Total

European Union countries

 Belgium

1

–

4

6

11

 Croatia

3

1

12

35

51

 Cyprus

1

2

2

1

6

 Czech Republic

7

1

9

15

32

 Estonia

–

–

–

1

1

 Finland

1

–

–

1

2

 France

–

2

2

10

14

 Germany

–

4

4

28

36

 Greece

–

1

–

1

2

 Hungary

157

157

196

438

948

 Ireland

–

–

2

–

2

 Italy

–

1

6

12

19

 Latvia

–

1

1

8

10

 Lithuania

1

6

12

62

81

 Malta

1

–

–

–

1

 Poland

29

47

77

255

408

 Portugal

–

–

–

7

7

 Romania

98

26

54

116

294

 Slovakia

–

–

3

30

33

 Slovenia

–

–

–

2

2

 Spain

1

88

1

54

144

Non-European Union countries

 United Kingdoma

2

17

4

–

23

Total

302

354

389

1082

2127

  1. a The United Kingdom left the European Union on 31 January 2020