Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 28 May 2015
90. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of samples that the National Greyhound Laboratory has returned with a positive finding for stanozolol since the laboratory opened in County Limerick in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21136/15]
Amharc ar fhreagraBord na gCon is the statutory body responsible for the regulation of greyhound racing under the Greyhound Industry Act 1958. It has specific powers conferred on it by the Greyhound Industry (Racing) Regulations 2007, S.I. 302 2007, which set out the detailed rules under which greyhound racing is conducted. Bord na gCon has confirmed to officials in my Department that its drug surveillance services test for the presence of stanozolol and that there have been no confirmed cases of stanozolol reported for Bord na gCon samples to date.
