Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2026-01-21
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Eoghan Kenny (LAB), Cork North-Central

Last November, Inland Fisheries Ireland appeared before the Committee of Public Accounts. On Friday, members of the committee received a 137-page document from Inland Fisheries Ireland answering queries raised at the meeting. At the meeting, I raised a very serious matter regarding August of 2021. A staff member of Inland Fisheries Ireland was involved in a car crash while driving an IFI car. He produced insurance documentation for the gardaí that he received from the IFI executive. This documentation was false, which the IFI knew officially on 16 November 2021. He was not told for more than a year and An Garda Síochána was not informed until it came asking two years later. The former Minister, Eamon Ryan, commissioned a report into this which was presented to the board of the IFI and the audit and risk committee in February 2025. I asked at the Committee of Public Accounts whether the acting CEO and head of finance were aware of the report. They both denied ever seeing the report. I have the minutes of the meeting from February 2025 right here with me. Both officials were at this meeting.

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Sitting date: 2026-01-21