Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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164. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the persons who currently work in the greyhound industry, in tabular form. [44107/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Bord na gCon is a commercial State body, established 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.

Accordingly, the information being requested by the Deputy has been forwarded to Bord na gCon for direct reply.