Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 4 December 2025
Public Accounts Committee
Financial Statements 2023: Inland Fisheries Ireland
Special Report No. 118 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Governance, internal control and value for money issues in Inland Fisheries Ireland
2:00 am
Ms Suzanne Campion:
Yes. There is a long history to this, as the Deputy has probably seen through the various sets of accounts. The IFI used to manage Aasleagh Lodge and cottages as bed and breakfast accommodation, for which it took rental income. In 2015 the board made the decision to no longer operate them itself and to lease them out. A commercial bidder won the tender and took over the lodge but gave it up after a year because they were not making money. It was subsequently offered to all staff, pending sale in 2017. An agreement was put in place at that stage which was thought would be finished very soon when the building was sold but it actually ran on to 2021.
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