Oireachtas make recommendations over future of Irish greyhound industry: Zero tolerance to dog doping advised

An Oireachtas committee has made a string of recommendations over the future of the multimillion-euro Irish greyhound industry, including a zero tolerance approach to dog doping and increased transparency and traceability.

The joint committee on agriculture, food and marine published its report yesterday, which comes after a separate review into the sector conducted by Indecon Consultants in 2014.

The latest report estimates that the greyhound racing industry supports about 10,300 jobs and generates €500m for the exchequer and that for the years 2011 to 2013, 47,702 greyhounds were named or registered for racing in Ireland while 18,690 were exported to the UK.