Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 390: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has had discussions with bookmakers whose business is regulated by the State in order to assess the extent to which they are making reasonable efforts to ensure that unclaimed money is returned to its rightful owners or where this is not possible, that there is an industry-wide code of conduct that ensures the money is devoted to causes of public benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19006/05]

John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Fianna Fail)
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Horse Racing Ireland and Bord na gCon, the statutory bodies responsible for the horse and greyhound racing industries respectively, are responsible for the control of the operations of authorised bookmakers under the provisions of the Greyhound Industry Acts 1958 and Irish Horseracing Industry Act 1994.

As my Department does not have a role in this matter, I have referred the Deputy's inquiry to Horse Racing Ireland and Bord na gCon for attention.