Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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398. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the €1.4 million increase in loans the Irish Greyhound Board made to subsidiaries in 2013, as reported in note 7 of the 2013 accounts; the breakdown of debt among each of the subsidiaries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28781/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Bord na gCon is a commercial State body, established in 1958 under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958, chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry.

The provision of support to greyhound tracks is an operational matter for Bord na gCon, whose accounts are published and audited by the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General.