The competent authority for animal health plays an important role in relation to surveillance, eradication, disease control measures, contingency planning and raising disease awareness, in the facilitation of animal movements, and in international trade by the issuing of animal health certificates.
Tá ról tábhachtach ag an údarás inniúil um shláinte ainmhithe i ndáil le faireachas, díothú, bearta rialaithe galar, pleanáil theagmhasach, múscailt feasachta i dtaobh galar, agus in éascú gluaiseachtaí ainmhithe agus sa trádáil idirnáisiúnta trí dheimhnithe sláinte ainmhithe a eisiúint.