Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 October 2023
430. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of preparing and coursing coursing greyhounds, by stage, in the coursing greyhound pipeline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44948/23]
View answerThe Irish Coursing Club (ICC) is the competent authority with regard to the maintenance of the Irish Greyhound Stud Book. The ICC has been responsible for the Irish Greyhound Stud Book since 1923 and this was further underpinned by the enactment of the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958.
Coursing is regulated under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958, chiefly by the Irish Coursing Club (ICC), subject to the general control and direction of Rásaíocht Con Éireann, Hare coursing is managed and regulated by the Irish Coursing Club.
The ICC has informed my Department that it does not currently hold such information in the format requested, but is working on an economic study of this matter.
