Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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504. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there has been such a dramatic decrease in turnover from €60 million in 2004 to €28 million in 2015 with regard to the Irish Greyhound Board. [15373/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Bord na gCon is a commercial State agency responsible for the control, promotion and operation of greyhound racing.  

I understand from Bord na gCon that it has faced very difficult financial challenges in recent years and continues to operate in a difficult financial environment. There has been a significant decline in attendances at stadia, reducing tote receipts, reductions in the number of active owners and in breeding activity. Indecon in its review advised that the financial outcomes are due significantly to the economic crisis. It also advises that the financial stresses have also been due to bearing the cost of a major capital redevelopment project that was largely funded by bank borrowings and which did not deliver expected outcomes. 

Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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505. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the revenue the deal with a company (details supplied) brings into the Irish Greyhound Board annually. [15375/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Bord na gCon, a commercial State body was established under the Greyhound Industry Act 1958 chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry.

Bord na gCon has informed me that the agreement between Bord na gCon and SIS is considered commercially sensitive and subject to a non-disclosure agreement.