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:

No. On that particular incident, the detection was brought about by the Irish Greyhound Board. It was the Irish Greyhound Board that drew the attention of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to those premises and it was part of the search group that uncovered those items on the premises. We are not a perfect industry. The programme was made because some people did some terrible things which needed to be highlighted. We accept that fully. All of us who love dogs were absolutely appalled with what we saw on that programme. Those sections of the programme did the public a service and we are not attempting in any way to resile from that fact. There were just some other issues in the programme which require clarification. We have had an opportunity to do so and as far as we are concerned, we have said what we have to say about that.