Mr. Denis Healy:

I will add to that. We have a quite close working relationship with the special investigation unit in the Department. In the employ of the Irish Greyhound Board is an integrity officer, a retired Garda detective. We act on intelligence. A very high-profile case made the news some two or three years ago. I can say it was in County Kilkenny because it is in the public domain. As a result of intelligence from our colleagues in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, the premises in question was visited as part of a joint inspection. The Irish Greyhound Board targeted greyhounds there for sampling. What was found was a prohibited anabolic steroid, Stanozolol, which I call the Ben Johnson anabolic steroid.

There is what is called a MIDAS working group. It meets two or three times per year to share intelligence. It is shared by officers from the Department and Irish Sports Council, the head of the State Laboratory, the head of the Irish greyhound laboratory, the head of regulation in the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board and the chief veterinarian in the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board. I could go on. The shared intelligence is not published because it is intelligence but it is used to target suppliers of products for both racing industries. We have done so. The medicines found in the greyhound kennels were found because excellent intelligence was shared.