Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 6 July 2023

Public Accounts Committee

Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland

9:30 am

Mr. Denis Maher:

Yes, absolutely. It is second to none. The other element is that the template for the new board coming in. In respect of both competitions, the Oireachtas committee associated with the Department nominates a number of persons for appointment. The Minister does all the appointments and then there are two other Ministers who have an opportunity to nominate. The three Ministers, that is, our line Minister and the other two Ministers, have agreed to a common Public Appointments Service, PAS, process. That process has been advertised and we expect to have a new board in place once those competitions are finished. PAS advises us it will be approximately 12 weeks from advertisement to having a panel in place.