Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 July 2015
201. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 470 of 9 June 2015, if he will provide details of the group that carried out the review of the dietary contamination by prohibited substances in greyhounds; if he will provide the minutes of the meetings held with this group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27432/15]
Amharc ar fhreagraBord na gCon is a commercial State body, established under the Greyhound Industry Act 1958, chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry.
Bord na gCon have informed me that a group comprising of the Head of the National Greyhound Laboratory in Limerick, three Veterinary Surgeons specialising in the care of greyhounds and a Bord na gCon executive was set up in December 2012, to examine certain issues including a review of the issue of dietary contamination by prohibited substances.
Resulting from the findings of the group Bord na gCon changed the threshold levels for certain prohibited substances in October 2013 , and in December 2013 issued a guidance document to greyhound owners and trainers with appropriate withdrawal times for various medications.
Regarding the details of the meetings held with the group; that is an operational matter for BNG.
