Pauline Tully (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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723. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the manner in which appointments to Rásaíocht Con Éireann board from 1 January 2021 to date were nominated; and the basis for same. [26165/22]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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Rásaíocht Con Éireann (RCÉ) 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. RCÉ is a body corporate and a separate legal entity to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. 

A procedure is in place for appointment to the Board of RCÉ. Vacancies that arise on the Board are advertised on www.StateBoards.ie, outlining the desirable skill-sets required. The Public Appointments Service (PAS) convene an assessment panel to consider the applications received for the vacancy. PAS then forwards the names of those nominated by the assessment panel to this Department.  A person is then appointed by the Minister from the short list of names provided by PAS, on the basis of suitability for the post in question.