Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 25 April 2024

Public Accounts Committee

Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland

9:30 am

Dr. Cathal Gallagher:

There is a high level of data and graphical information presented on both the protection activities and the protection of water quality in our annual report from 2022, for example. That goes into some detail and differentiates between the different types of protection patrols. There is reference, for example, to 727 boat patrols, 105 kayak patrols and various other details. On the issue of the protection of water quality, there are figures on industrial inspections, agricultural inspections, habitat inspections and so on. Fish kills are also documented, with the numbers of fish killed and the number of instances of fish kills outlined. The report also goes into some detail in relation to the items that are seized and the outcomes of some of the prosecutions.