Pets from outside the EU If you want to import a cat, dog or ferret into Ireland from a country outside the EU there are 2 categories of these countries: qualifying lower-risk countries and non-qualifying high-risk countries. You can check if your country of origin is on this
list of qualifying lower-risk countries. If it is not on this list then your country of origin is a non-qualifying high-risk country.
Pets from qualifying non-EU countries
A cat, dog or ferret from a qualifying lower-risk non-EU country must undergo the following in this order:
- Be identified by a microchip
- Be vaccinated for rabies subsequently
- Have a veterinary health certificate in the form of Annex IV to Commission Implementing Decision 577/2013 to certify that it is currently immunised against rabies and dogs must be treated against tapeworm between 24 and 120 hours before arriving in Ireland. Treatment for ticks is not compulsory but it is advisable to get it at the same time as the tapeworm treatment.