Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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444. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has confidence in the Chairperson and board members of the Irish Greyhound Board; if he is satisfied with the Chairperson's performance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21556/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Following on from the publication of the Indecon Report in July 2014, Bord na gCon submitted an action plan in October 2014 with timelines for implementing the 27 recommendations in the Indecon Report dealing with governance, finance, regulation and welfare. This action plan has been published on the Bord na gCon website.

Bord na gCon has assured my Department that it has assiduously followed up on these undertakings and my Department is in ongoing consultation with them on the implementation of recommendations which require legislative changes.

Bord na gCon regularly updates my Department with regard to the implementation of the recommendations in the Indecon report, with a view to ensuring that the greyhound industry can reach its full potential and prosper into the future.

I am satisfied that the Chairman and Board of Bord na gCon continue to discharge their statutory and other functions and obligations on an ongoing basis and, for its part, the Department continues to discharge all its monitoring responsibilities with regard to Bord na gCon in accordance with legislation and with Government policy in relation to commercial State Bodies.