Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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499. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Irish Greyhound Board ever returned a positive test for prohibited substances for a greyhound (details supplied); if so, the illegal substance identified in the test; the penalty applied to the trainer and to the owner of the greyhound; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22500/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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This is an operational matter for Bord na gCon.

The Control Committee and the Control Appeals Committee of Bord na gCon were established under the Greyhound Industry (Control Committee and Control Appeal Committee) Regulations 2007 (S.I. No 301 of 2007).

Bord na gCon have informed me that when an adverse analytical finding is returned from the analytical Laboratory, Bord na gCon refer a file on the matter to the Independent Control Committee where evidence and submissions are considered. Following the matter being determined and subsequent to appeal time provisions, all adverse findings are published by the Independent Control Committee in accordance with Article 8(6) of the Greyhound Industry (Control Committee and Control Appeal Committee) Regulations, 2007. Publication of these findings is a matter for the Control Committee who do so in accordance with the aforementioned regulation.