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 to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
As outlined in the previous reply to the Deputy, Bord na gCon has no control of events outside the jurisdiction of Ireland and has no statutory function regarding the regulation of greyhound exports. Bord na gCon has repeatedly stated that it does not support the export of greyhounds to destinations where the standard of care for greyhounds falls below that required under the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013, and the Welfare of Greyhounds Act 2011 and its associated Code of Practice.
Information received from my department's local offices indicates that health certificates have been issued for the direct export of greyhounds to China as follows:
2014 - 2; 2015 - 0; 2016 - 9; 2017 - 0; 2018 - 0.
No health certificates have been issued for the export of greyhounds to Pakistan.
It is not possible to supply numbers of greyhounds exported indirectly.
