Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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402. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds in the national racing pool by track; and the years in which they were whelped, in tabular form. [53092/17]

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.

Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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403. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of active greyhound owners, by county, in tabular form. [53093/17]

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.

Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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404. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds that coursed in the 2015-16 season; the number of those greyhounds that coursed in the 2016-17 season; and the number of greyhounds that were identified to the club as being deceased in 2016, in tabular form. [53094/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Under the provisions of the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958, the regulation of coursing is chiefly a matter for the Irish Coursing Club (ICC) subject to the general control of Bord na gCon.

I have been advised by the ICC that the information requested by the Deputy cannot be provided in the short time available and will therefore be forwarded to the Deputy directly in the coming days.