Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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906. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the project of establishing a traceability system for racing greyhounds has been be put out to tender (details supplied); and if so, the stage at which the establishment of the system is. [24162/20]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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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.

The question raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for Bord na gCon and therefore the question has been referred to the body for direct reply.