Mr. Brendan Gleeson:

It is loose, yes. What we are doing here is empowering the board to deploy its resources for that purpose. Of course, the extent to which and the manner in which it does that is a matter for the board. We could have chosen to tie that down more tightly here but we did not do so. Members may have a view on that as they go through this process but we wanted to make it clear that this was something the board should occupy itself with and to which it can deploy its resources. In practice, the board does this already. It has powers under the Welfare of Greyhounds Act but we felt that it is important, when dealing with a Bill to define the structure and purpose of Greyhound Racing Ireland or Bord na gCon, to specifically include a reference to welfare.