Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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529. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the impact the recent ban on greyhound racing in Florida will have on the Irish greyhound industry; if he will carry out a formal impact assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50558/18]

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. It is also separate legal entity to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

Bord na gCon has informed me that the cessation of greyhound racing in Florida will have a minimal impact on the Irish greyhound industry.