Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 19 September 2019

Public Accounts Committee

Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017

9:00 am

Photo of Imelda MunsterImelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

There was a comment by a vet on the RTÉ "Prime Time Investigates" programme that drugging dogs is rampant and sophisticated. According to the documentary, other drugs are given to dogs to cover up the drugs they are given to run faster. While this was not reflected in the data in Bord na gCon's annual report, would Mr. Dollard give an outline of the methodology that is used to test the dogs and how they are chosen? Is the test sophisticated enough to catch the drugs that are used to hide the other drugs? Maybe Mr. Dollard or the Department could answer that.

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