Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 April 2018
1067. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 269 of 21 March 2018 (details supplied), if he will address the fact that a greyhound which he reportedly co-owned was used in both hare coursing and greyhound racing. [15420/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraBord na gCon is a commercial State Body, established in 1958 under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958, chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry.
The Irish Coursing Club is subject to the general control and direction of Bord na gCon.
Bord na gCon is a body corporate and a separate legal entity to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
I wish to confirm that I do not own nor have I ever owned the greyhound Swift Starlet as stated in the Deputy's question.
The issue raised regarding the racing of greyhounds, be they track-bred or coursing-bred greyhounds, is a matter for Bord na gCon.
