Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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91. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the Irish Greyhound Board will publish its annual reports for 2013, and 2014; the reason the Board have not produced those reports, to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8585/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Bord na gCon submitted the 2013 Annual Report and Accounts for the Bord na gCon Group, to my Department for consideration on 20^thFebruary 2015. This material is currently being examined by officials within my Department as a precursor to my bringing the 2013 Annual Report and Accounts to Government. After they are noted by Government the 2013 Annual Report and Accounts will be laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas and Bord na gCon can then proceed to publication. Bord na gCon has submitted draft unaudited annual accounts for 2014 to my Department in accordance with the requirements set down in the “Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies” and these are being examined by Department officials. The Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) is scheduled to commence his audit of the 2014 Annual Accounts of the Bord na gCon Group in April. Following the completion of the C&AG audit the 2014 Annual Report and Accounts will go through the same process as outlined above, i.e. they will be submitted to the Department for consideration, presented to Government for noting and laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas. After these steps have been completed Bord na gCon can then proceed to publication.