Inland Fisheries
Dail Éireann — 2023-02-28
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Ossian Smyth (GP), Dún Laoghaire

The role of Mr. Barry and Mr. Neely is to oversee the preparation of a governance review of the IFI and it is their job to complete that within three to six months. The timeline for the appointment of new members to the board will be based on the availability of the Public Appointments Service to carry out that function. I cannot comment on how long that will take without asking that body, but if the Deputy reverts to me, I will give him an answer on that.
As for the broader question of the current position on the protected disclosures that have been made relating to matters relating to the IFI, all the protected disclosures are being investigated, as is appropriate, and these investigations are being carried out in accordance with the provisions of protected disclosure legislation and the established protected disclosure policies in the Department and the IFI. It would not be appropriate to comment on issues identified in the protected disclosures while those processes are under way, but any follow-up actions required on foot of them will be taken.

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Sitting date: 2023-02-28