Stop explaining.
Start showing
your card.
You know your rights under the Equal Status Acts 2000–2018. We make sure the shop manager, the airline agent, and the taxi driver know them too — in 10 seconds flat, without a single word about your disability.
🛡 Verified for 60 seconds. Yours forever. Every verification URL auto-expires in 60 seconds, detected captures are forensically logged, and the handler is alerted. See how →
A voluntary handler tool
Not legally required. Not a Government registry. Not affiliated with the Workplace Relations Commission, IHREC, any Government body, or any assistance-dog charity. Our card doesn't grant access rights — only your dog's training and good behaviour do. We say this prominently because every other registry hides it.
Amazon Prime
worldwide
delivery
included
Keep your data
private.
Every other registry creates permanent verification URLs — bookmarkable, shareable, sellable forever.
We solved it. Every scan creates a fresh URL that dies in 60 seconds.
60-Second URL
Every verification URL is HMAC-signed and expires in 60 seconds. A saved copy cannot re-verify the dog.
Capture Forensics
Detected capture attempts are logged with approximate IP-derived location, ISP, browser, and a device hash. Each page carries a unique watermark.
Handler Alerted
Detected hard captures trigger an email to the handler with the forensic audit trail (best-effort delivery).
Real Revocation
Close your account → every future scan shows "inactive." True GDPR deletion — nothing cached works.
Every other registry
Your URL
works forever.
Anyone who scans your card can save it, share it, screenshot it, or sell it. Permanent data exposure with no path back.
Assistance Dogs Ireland
Your URL
dies in 60 seconds.
Each tap of your card generates a fresh signed URL. No URL works twice. Detected captures are forensically logged — approximate location, ISP, device hash — and the handler is emailed (best-effort delivery).
No other registry solves this · most registries hand out permanent verification links
The actual card
Real PVC. Real photo.
Real QR code.
Credit-card sized. Heavy-duty plastic. Your dog's photo on the front, NFC chip for tap-to-verify, scannable QR code linking to your public handler profile. This is the card that ships to your door.
- Your dog's photo, name, and trained task
- Unique registration number printed bold
- NFC chip — tap any iPhone or Android to reveal profile
- QR code linking to your verification page
- Your photo and name (handler side)
- Emergency contact and address (optional)
- Matching registration number for verification
- Included in Lifetime Premium, available as add-on otherwise
Reminder
These cards are voluntary identification tools. They don't grant your dog access rights — your dog's training and good behaviour do. They're designed to help everyday public interactions go faster.
Why handlers carry one
Cut the small talk.
Get on with your day.
Under the Equal Status Acts, a business can reasonably ask only whether your dog is an assistance dog and what it helps with. A voluntary ID card lets you answer in three seconds — not three minutes — without explaining your disability to a stranger at the deli line.
No more grocery-store interrogations
"My ice cream was melting and someone wanted to interrogate me." The #1 reason handlers carry ID — and the most-cited review across every registry.
Travel without the hassle
Airlines, hotels, taxis — they're not lawyers. A clear card and a calm answer ends the conversation faster than reciting the Equal Status Acts verbatim.
Walk into anywhere with confidence
For handlers with PTSD, anxiety, autism, or invisible disability — the card isn't proof. It's armor against the 12th stranger of the day.
How it works
Three steps. Ten minutes flat.
Tell us about your dog
Name, breed, the tasks your dog is trained to perform. You self-assert — that's exactly what Irish law allows.
Design and download
Upload your dog's photo. Pick a layout. Get the digital PDF instantly. Printed PVC card ships in 5 business days.
Carry it. End the conversation.
QR code on the back links to a public handler profile so anyone can verify — but most never even ask once they see the card.
Keep your data private.
The link dies in 60 seconds.
Every other registry has the same fatal flaw: the verification URL is permanent. A security guard scans your card and now that URL lives in their browser history forever. They can bookmark it, share it, sell it. Fakers thrive on stale URLs.
We fixed it with a three-layer system. Each tap of your card generates a fresh 60-second signed verification URL — even a saved copy can't re-verify your dog after the minute is up. Every page is watermarked with a per-scan fingerprint and timestamp. And detected capture attempts — PrintScreen, OS screenshot tools, right-click save — are forensically logged with approximate IP-derived location, ISP, browser, and a device hash, then sent to the handler by email (best-effort delivery) as part of the audit trail.
- 🔒 60-second auto-expiring URL — Each scan creates a new signed URL via HMAC. No two scans share a URL — a saved screenshot can never re-verify the dog.
- ⏱️ Live countdown on every verification — Watching the timer is part of the verification — guards see it tick down in real time.
- 🔁 Auto-lock + force rescan — When the timer hits zero, the page locks with a full-screen "expired" overlay. Verifier must rescan the physical card.
- 💧 Per-scan forensic watermark — Every page carries a unique seed + timestamp baked into the background. Any captured image is traceable back to the exact scan event.
- 📸 Capture detection + logging — PrintScreen, Cmd+Shift+3/4/5, Win+Shift+S, right-click, screen-record overlays — all detected, fingerprinted, and recorded.
- 📧 Instant handler email on hard capture — You get an email with city, ISP, GPU, device fingerprint, timezone, and a Google Maps link to the scanner's location.
- 🆘 ICE emergency button (separate) — Reveals emergency contact with double-confirmation. Handler controls what's shown.
- 👁️ You control what's visible — Handler-side dashboard lets you toggle medical info, address, scan history on/off.
Demo the security feature
Watch the timer in the phone tick down from 60. It auto-loops every 60 seconds. Want to skip to the expired state?
Note: based on a review of typical assistance dog registries as of May 2026, we believe we're among the first to bundle all three layers — time-bound URLs, per-scan watermarks, and forensic capture logging. Honest note: no website can fully prevent a screenshot. Our system deters casual capture, fingerprints every saved copy, and logs the scan event for the handler's audit trail. It does not promise prevention.
- Is the dog an assistance dog needed because of a disability?
- What work or task has the dog been trained to perform?
You may not ask about the handler's disability, demand documentation, or require this card.
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⚡ Try the security demo
Watch the timer tick down — or skip ahead to see what happens when verification expires.
Auto-resets in 4 seconds, then countdown restarts.
What every other registry
won't tell you about your data.
When your assistance dog card gets scanned, you're sharing personal data — your name, your dog's name, sometimes your medical condition, sometimes your address. With every other registry, that data becomes a permanent URL anyone can save, share, or sell.
We do it differently.
Every other registry
Permanent verification URLs. Once a guard scans your card, your profile URL lives in their phone forever. Here's what that actually means:
- 🔖 Bookmark in browser history — The verification URL stays in their browser history forever. They can come back to it weeks later.
- 📤 Shared via text or email — They can forward the URL to anyone. Your profile becomes a link any stranger can open.
- 📸 Untracked screenshots — Anyone can screenshot your registry page and the registry never knows. No watermark. No log. No notification to you.
- 💰 Sold on Telegram and dark web — Verified-handler URLs trade on fraud forums for €5-€50 each.
- 🕵 Doxxing toolkit — Permanent URL + handler photo + sometimes home address = a stalker's starter pack.
- 📋 GDPR non-compliant — You cannot truly delete data that's been screenshot, bookmarked, and shared. The registry can't recall the URL.
- 🏥 Medical info exposed forever — If your registry shows "PTSD" or "diabetic," that medical disclosure is now permanently linkable. Employers can find it.
- 💔 No revocation — You can't take it back. Closed account? Lapsed subscription? The cached pages and screenshots remain.
Assistance Dogs Ireland
Three layers: 60-second URL, per-scan watermark, forensic capture logging. Here's what that means:
- ⏱️ URL dies in 60 seconds — Each verification page is signed and time-stamped. After 60 seconds, the URL returns "expired — please rescan."
- 🔁 Fresh URL on every scan — Two scans of the same card produce two completely different URLs. There is no permanent link.
- 💧 Per-scan watermark on every page — Unique seed + timestamp baked into every page background. Any screenshot traces back to the exact scan event.
- 📸 Screenshot detection + handler alert — PrintScreen, OS screenshot tools, right-click save — all detected. Handler is emailed with approximate location, ISP, browser, and a device hash, plus a Google Maps link (best-effort delivery).
- 🚫 No bookmark fraud — Bookmarking the URL is pointless. Try to revisit 5 minutes later = locked.
- 🛡 GDPR compliant — You can fully revoke access by closing your account — there are no cached pages because no URL stays valid.
- 📋 Full forensic audit log — Every scan logged with city, region, country, ISP, ASN, device fingerprint, browser, GPU, timezone, screen size. Visible in your dashboard.
- 🔐 HMAC-signed URLs — Each URL is cryptographically signed with your account key. Fakers can't forge URLs that pass our validation.
Real scenarios this protects you from
The grocery store screenshot
A guard scans your card to verify. Three weeks later, a faker shows the same screenshot at a different store. With us: the URL inside the screenshot is dead, AND the original capture event was logged with the guard's approximate location + device hash — so if it ever surfaces misused, you have a forensic trail to investigate.
The employer who Googles you
You disclosed PTSD as the disability your assistance dog supports. With other registries, an employer or insurer can find that page indefinitely. With us: no permanent URL exists for them to find.
The stalker situation
You're leaving an abusive partner. Your registry profile lists your home address. With other registries, every URL that was ever scanned still works. With us: stop your account, every scan returns "inactive" instantly.
The lazy security guard
Guard bookmarks your URL "just in case I need to remember assistance dog handlers." Later they share that bookmark folder with another guard. With us: bookmark = dead link.
The Telegram fraud forum
Verified-handler URLs trade for €5-€50 in private chat groups. With other registries, your URL might be on sale right now. With us: any URL ever leaked is dead within 60 seconds.
The bad-faith verifier
A bigoted business owner calls a "verification helpline" run by another business owner to "check your card." With other registries, that URL works for them. With us: rescan-required, so only the live handler can verify.
Our written commitment
Your data is yours. Always retractable.
Never permanently exposed.
- We never sell your data. Period.
- We never share with third parties beyond what's required to fulfill your order.
- You control privacy toggles for every visible field (medical, address, contacts).
- You can lock or close your profile from your dashboard at any time.
- You receive a scan notification when your card is verified (optional).
- Audit log of every scan visible to you in your dashboard.
- We delete your data fully on request — and because URLs expire, deletion actually means deleted.
- Stripe processes payments — we never see or store full credit card numbers.
We're the only assistance dog registry we know of that solves the permanent-URL problem. We checked the typical registries handlers use. Every one of them uses permanent URLs. Every one of them has the data-security problems described above. We don't.
Before you keep reading
Are you actually an assistance dog handler?
We want to be clear about who our card is for — and who it isn't. The test under the Equal Status Acts is simple:
Are YOU a legitimate handler?
If both boxes apply, you are. Full stop.
You have a disability
Visible or invisible. PTSD, autism, anxiety, mobility, chronic illness, hearing loss, blindness, panic disorder, depression, fibromyalgia, diabetes — all qualify.
Your dog performs a trained task for it
Interrupting panic episodes, alerting to blood sugar drops, retrieving dropped items, deep pressure therapy, guiding, signaling alarms — anything specific to your disability.
You do NOT need any of these
If both ✅ apply, you're a real handler. The Equal Status Acts protect you whether or not you carry our card. We just make the card so the public interactions go faster. The honest contrast is simple: this register is for genuine handlers, not for passing a pet off as an assistance dog.
Your rights across Ireland
One clear law.
All of Ireland.
There's no state-by-state patchwork here. Under the Equal Status Acts 2000–2018 the same access rights apply everywhere in the Republic of Ireland — Dublin, Cork, Galway and every town in between.
All of Ireland.
One national law.
Ireland has no states and no state-by-state patchwork. The same access protections apply everywhere in the Republic under the Equal Status Acts 2000–2018 — from Dublin to Cork to Galway and every town in between.
We are not affiliated with the Workplace Relations Commission, IHREC, any Government body, or any assistance-dog charity. For the official position, see citizensinformation.ie.
Your rights, at a glance
The Equal Status Acts protect you.
Here's what that means in real life.
Public access
Shops, cafés, restaurants, pubs and public transport. Under Section 4 a service provider must do all that's reasonable to accommodate you and your assistance dog.
Read the law →Housing & services
The Equal Status Acts cover accommodation and services too. You cannot be treated less favourably when renting or using a service because you have an assistance dog.
Your rights →Travel
Taxis, buses, Irish Rail, the Luas and the DART. Flying within the EU? Recognised assistance dogs travel in-cabin under EU Regulation 1107/2006.
Travel guide →Workplace
Reasonable accommodation applies at work too, under the Employment Equality Acts 1998–2015. Your employer must make reasonable space for your assistance dog.
Know your rights →Refused entry?
Refusing you because of your assistance dog is unlawful discrimination. Stay calm and cite the Equal Status Acts — the WRC has awarded €8,000 (Lidl) and €12,000 (a taxi driver).
How to handle it →Emergency
Your QR + NFC card lets paramedics, Gardaí and the public see verified details and your emergency contacts in seconds — without you saying a word about your disability.
How it works →These rights belong to you under the Equal Status Acts — not to the card. Our register is a voluntary aid that helps you show a genuine working dog in good faith. It is not legal proof, and a dog that is out of control or not toilet-trained can still be asked to leave.
Travelling abroad?
The EU lets your dog fly.
"Recognised" is the catch.
EU Regulation 1107/2006 gives a recognised assistance dog a cabin seat — but each country decides what "recognised" means, and owner-trained dogs are often the exception. We researched 12 popular destinations. Only one clearly welcomes an owner-trained dog.
Read the travel guide →Plans & pricing
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Get this planWho we are
Not a fly-by-night registry.
We're NS Design ID Cards — the team behind assistancedogcard.co.uk and assistancedogregistry.co.uk. Over 20,000 ID cards a year, top-rated on Amazon Prime, serving handlers since 2020.
Now serving the Republic of Ireland. Same quality cards. Same fast fulfilment. Copy written for the Equal Status Acts — and disclaimers written for handlers who are tired of being misled by every other registry.
Why this matters
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- Honest disclaimers in hero, not buried
- No access-letter or certificate cross-sells (where competitors get complaints)
- Public verification page anyone can scan
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Honest answers
Questions handlers actually ask.
Is this an official assistance dog registry? +
Does carrying your card grant my dog access rights? +
Why bother getting a card then? +
Can I train my own assistance dog? +
What can businesses ask me? +
Why is the name "Assistance Dogs Ireland"? +
Do you sell access letters or certificates? +
What if I lose my card? +
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