Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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90. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of samples that the National Greyhound Laboratory has returned with a positive finding for Stanozolol since the laboratory opened in County Limerick in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21136/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Bord na gCon is the statutory body responsible for the regulation of greyhound racing under the Greyhound Industry Act 1958. It has specific powers conferred on it by the Greyhound Industry (Racing) Regulations 2007, S.I. 302 2007, which set out the detailed rules under which greyhound racing is conducted. Bord na gCon has confirmed to officials in my Department that it’ drug surveillance services test for the presence of stanozolol and that there have been no confirmed cases of stanozolol reported for Bord na gCon samples to date.