Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 9 July 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Alleged Issue of Abuse of Greyhounds: Bord na gCon
Mr. Frank Nyhan:
Deputy Corcoran Kennedy asked about the methods of detection. Essentially, urine testing is the standard method of detecting drugs in greyhounds. On occasion, there is blood sampling but generally there is urine testing. This is done either before or after a race, or on a kennel visit. If anything about the running of a dog causes concern for the stewards at the meeting, they can ask for additional testing. That is how it is done.