Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 25 April 2024

Public Accounts Committee

Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland

9:30 am

Mr. Barry Fox:

This issue arose in March 2023. We were questioned about the internal delegations to prosecute within the organisation by an external solicitor. Legal advice we received highlighted that certain staff within IFI did not have the authority to initiate prosecutions on behalf of IFI. The technical issue was rectified in June 2023.