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Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: I thank the Comptroller and Auditor General and I invite now Dr. Gallagher to speak, as he has indicated, and he has five minutes. Dr. Gallagher has taken over effectively as the CEO and I wish him well in that role.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: Of course, Ms Campion will not tell me what it is. Given that the matter will be decided by the courts, she must be able to give the committee some indication of what the total cost will be.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)

Mr. Michael Cusack: If I may come in here, these types of situations generally go through the injuries board process, and with that, there is a book of quantum that will give indications. We cannot comment, nor should not we comment, on the personal circumstances of someone, their personal injuries and their health status. However, suffice to say-----

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)

Catherine Murphy: ...the entire organisation and morale, confidence and all of that. The litany of issues from the non-insurance of vehicles to Aasleagh House, the weaknesses the Comptroller and Auditor General indicated were there since 2014, the large number of protected disclosures and the legal fees – all of that screams. When representatives of IFI were before the committee last year, the issue...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I would appreciate if the witnesses could come back to the committee with that information, please. On the protected disclosures, we have some correspondence in from the Department today indicating that there were two protected disclosures. One was where an investigation was done by the legal firm McCann Fitzgerald and the second one was carried out by RSM Ireland Forensic and...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Does Mr. Nugent have any indication of timelines because we have seen that the Department have had to take a very hands-on approach with the organisation but now has a very hands-off approach and has total confidence in the organisation?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)

Catherine Murphy: ...an idea? I know that some of these moneys relate to court cases and in bringing issues to a point where they can go to court and are then withdrawn. A cost is associated with that. Can IFI give us an indication, please, of how much the organisation has spent from 2022 to date?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)

...point. It is certainly a concern. There are a number of relatively minor issues as well, which I am covering in the report that I am producing, which perhaps are a bit longer term. They may be indicators that perhaps controls were a little bit more lax than they should have been. I think the committee will have an opportunity to consider that further.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)

Catherine Murphy: ...that on some sort of chart. I refer to the recommendations of the senior counsel, Ernst & Young, the internal audit, and how they would be worked into the organisation. Could she give us an indication of where each of those recommendations is at?