James O'Connor (Cork East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

When the former Minister of State, Senator Kyne, had responsibility for this area, he said that IFI was chosen as the recipient of two funding measures that would engage and support young and novice anglers in Ireland. He said the funding would see the development of a new novice angling strategy, a scheme to support angling events for novice and young anglers and the appointment of five regional outreach co-ordinators. The measures included measure 2.7.1, a novice angling strategy involving €70,000 that would see the development of a novice and youth angling strategy and a scheme to support events for disadvantaged groups, angling hubs and coaches to ensure a safe environment for youths and vulnerable adults. An IFI press release stated that IFI would continue to support angling for youth development Ireland, AFYDI, and ACI, which facilitate the formation of angling hubs nationally to increase access to angling through the provision of trained coaches and safe fishing. You can see where that confusion occurred or else what Ms Campion is telling me is incorrect.