Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 22 January 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Inland Fisheries Ireland: Discussion

Dr. Ciaran Byrne:

To clarify, it is not just in the Senator's area. We also have permits in Castleconnell and some of the other ESB fisheries. ESB waters are permitted and the fee is generated to protect them. We are at a significant loss in that. We have met the ESB on a number of occasions and are scheduled to meet it again on this matter. Ultimately, the ESB is the owner of the fisheries. It is not within IFI's gift to introduce permits across the country. That is more of a central policy issue.