Bord na gCon is a commercial State body, established in 1958 under the Greyhound Industry Act 1958, chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry. Bord na gCon is a body corporate and a separate legal entity from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
The 2015 Bord na gCon accounts were audited by the C&AG and submitted to my Department in December 2016. Following submission to Government, the accounts were laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas on the 22nd of February 2017.