Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Anti-Austerity Alliance)
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525. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he agrees with the policy of publicly funded greyhound stadiums being managed in such a way that they can be closed for private functions and are not open to the public on these occasions. [15993/16]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, 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. Bord an gCon is a body corporate and a separate legal entity to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. Accordingly, as the issue raised by the Deputy is an operational matter, it is therefore the responsibility of Bord na gCon.