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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of 1 October 2015 and has received full entitlements in respect of the 2015 scheme year. During the 2016 prepayment checking process an issue presented on the computerised crosscheck of Department databases. Department officials are actively working to resolve this issue with a view to further processing the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: Bord na gCon is a commercial state body, established in 1958, under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958, chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry. Bord na gCon has informed me that Shelbourne Park Stadium remains open on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays for greyhound racing. The current wave of protests has prevented entries for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 477, 482 and 484 together. Bord na gCon is a commercial State Body, established in 1958 under the Greyhound Industry Act 1958, chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry. Bord na gCon is a body corporate and a separate legal entity to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Administration (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 478 and 479 together. Bord na gCon is a commercial State Body, established in 1958 under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958, chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry. Bord na gCon is a body corporate and a separate legal entity to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The operation of greyhound stadia...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 480 and 481 together. In 2013 Bord na gCon (BnG) submitted a strategic plan to my department, however following the publication of the Indecon report in 2014 this became the road map for the industry. Bord na gCon followed up with timelines for implementing the 27 recommendations in the Indecon Report. This report dealt with governance,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: Under the Rural Development Regulation each Member State must designate areas eligible for payments under the Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) scheme. The ANC scheme replaces the previous Disadvantaged Areas Scheme/Less Favoured Areas Scheme. The designation of eligible areas under these schemes to date has been based on a range of socio-economic factors. From 2018 eligible areas...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 485 to 487, inclusive, 489, 490, 502, 503, 506 and 507 together. Bord na gCon is a commercial State body, established under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958, chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry. The details requested by the Deputy are operational matters for Bord na gCon.  In line with...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Funding (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: Bord na gCon is a commercial State body, established in 1958, under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958, chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry. The matter raised by the Deputy is an operational question for Bord na gCon. Bord na gCon has informed me that it has paid down some €2m in bank debt between 2015 and 2016. I understand that circa...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Contracts (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 491 and 492 together. Bord na gCon is a statutory body responsible for the regulation of greyhound racing under the Greyhound Act, 1958. Bord na gCon operates the hospitality service at each of the greyhound stadia, and the purchase of goods and services in that regard is an operational matter for them. Bord na gCon is bound by the Code of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Staff (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: Bord na gCon is a commercial State body, established under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958, chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry.  In that context, it runs commercial operations in a number of greyhound stadia. I have been informed by Bord na gCon that there were 122 full time and 564 part time employees in 2004.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Staff (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 494 and 495 together. Bord na gCon is a commercial State body, established in 1958, under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958, chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry. Bord na gCon is a body corporate and a separate legal entity to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. Bord na gCon has informed me that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Administration (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: This is an operational matter for Bord na gCon . However, I understand from Bord na gCon  that the core issue with stanazol is that the detection limit obtained using older equipment was not as low as that obtained using newer generation equipment.  It did not mean that Bord na gCon couldn’t test for this drug but that it was an issue of sensitivity.  In 2014 testing was...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Expenditure (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: Bord na gCon is a commercial state body, established under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958, chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry. This is an operational matter for Bord na gCon. I am advised that the €1.8M is the full expenditure on all racing matters in the areas of race regulations, welfare expenditure and laboratory expenditure. The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Administration (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: Bord na gCon is a commercial State body, established in 1958 under the Greyhound Industry Act 1958, chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry. Bord na gCon is a body corporate and a separate legal entity from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The  2015 Bord na gCon accounts were audited by the C&AG and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 499 and 500 together. Bord na gCon, a commercial State body was established under the Greyhound Industry Act 1958 chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry. According to the 2015 Bord na gCon accounts, legal and professional fees amounted to €1.4m. Bord na gCon state in their published accounts that they were...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: I am confident that the greyhound industry has growth potential with sporting, leisure, tourism and cultural appeal across a wide national demographic. However, in order for the industry to realise its full potential it is imperative that all stakeholders work together towards this common goal and maximise the contribution of the sector to the Irish economy and to the social and cultural...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: Bord na gCon is a commercial State agency responsible for the control, promotion and operation of greyhound racing.   I understand from Bord na gCon that it has faced very difficult financial challenges in recent years and continues to operate in a difficult financial environment. There has been a significant decline in attendances at stadia, reducing tote...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: Bord na gCon, a commercial State body was established under the Greyhound Industry Act 1958 chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry. Bord na gCon has informed me that the agreement between Bord na gCon and SIS is considered commercially sensitive and subject to a non-disclosure agreement.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of 1 October 2015. During the 2015 prepayment checking process an issue presented on the computerised crosscheck of Department databases. Department officials are actively working to resolve this issue with a view to further processing the application for payment as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Transfer of Entitlements (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: My Department is currently reviewing the position regarding the transfer of payment entitlements arising from a situation where a Garnishee Order is in place against the Transferor under a Transfer of Entitlements application and I will revert to the Deputy on the matter at the earliest opportunity.