Animal Health and Welfare (A.I. Technician Licence) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 431 of 2019).

These Regulations made by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, provide for the licensing of Artificial Insemination (AI) Technicians. A person shall not engage in the artificial insemination of a bovine animal unless that person holds- (a) an A.I. technicians licence issued under these Regulations, or (b) a licence issued under the Act of 1947 in respect of bovine animals in his or her own herd or a herd specified in the licence. The Minister may, on application, grant an A.I. technicians licence authorising a person employed by a company holding a field service licence to artificially inseminate bovine animals. “Field service licence” means a licence granted under the European Communities (Bovine Breeding) Regulations 2009.