Kevin O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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311. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the role and brief of a person (details supplied) appointed to the Irish Greyhound Board. [11107/17]

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 na gCon is a body corporate and a separate legal entity to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

While the issue referred to by the Deputy is an operational matter for Bord na gCon, the body has informed me that the current Chief Executive Officer (CEO) has been appointed on a six month fixed term contract.  Part of the CEO brief is implementing the strategic direction of Bord na gCon as informed by the Indecon Report and as instructed by the Board.