Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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491. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the person or body that made the decision to award the drinks monopoly to a company (details supplied) in Irish Greyhound Board stadia. [15338/17]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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492. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which the drinks contract to a company (details supplied) in Irish Greyhound Board stadia was tendered and procured. [15339/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 491 and 492 together.

Bord na gCon is a statutory body responsible for the regulation of greyhound racing under the Greyhound Act, 1958. Bord na gCon operates the hospitality service at each of the greyhound stadia, and the purchase of goods and services in that regard is an operational matter for them.

Bord na gCon is bound by the Code of Governance for State Bodies and is required to adhere to national and EU procurement rules. In the case of the contract referred to by the Deputy, I am advised that the Board sought proposals from all three suppliers in this country and that the named company was the successful tenderer.