Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 9 June 2015
473. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of fines handed out by the control committee of the Irish Greyhound Board for the various breaches, since March 2011; the amounts of the fines incurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21987/15]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe control and administration of greyhound racing, including the matters referred to by the Deputy, are a matter for Bord na gCon.
The Control Committee and the Control Appeals Committee of Bord na gCon were established under the Greyhound Industry (Control Committee and Control Appeal Committee) Regulations 2007 (S.I. No 301 of 2007).
Under that legislation, full details of any laboratory findings can only be published at the conclusion of the proceedings by the Control Committee and the Control Appeals Committee.
I understand from Bord na gCon that a total of 51 monetary fines were handed out by the Control Committee from March 2011 to December 2012. Thirty one were in the €100-€150 range, 9 in the €200-€250 range, 6 in the €300-€400 range, 2 in the €500-€750 range, 2 in the €1,000-€2,500 range and 1 at €5,000.
I refer the Deputy to his previous Parliamentary Question 18671/15 of 14th May 2015 for details of fines from 2013 to date.
