Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 28 February 2017
663. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact the Irish Greyhound Board has not published accounts for 2015 and 2016; and if so, the basis on which funding is made available to the Irish Greyhound Board, in view of the fact that his Department does not have access to the board's accounts. [9612/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraBord na gCon is a commercial state body, established under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958, chiefly to control greyhound racing and improve and develop the greyhound industry.
The 2015 Annual Report and Accounts for Bord na gCon were laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas on the 22nd February 2017 and are available on the Bord na gCon website.
Under the requirements set down in the 'Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies' Bord na gCon is due to submit draft unaudited annual accounts for 2016 to my Department by the end of February. The Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) is scheduled to commence his audit of the 2016 Annual Accounts of the Bord na gCon Group in April 2017. Following completion of the C&AG audit the 2016 Annual Report and Accounts will be submitted to the Department for consideration, presented to Government for noting and then laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas. After these steps have been completed Bord na gCon can then proceed to publication.
