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

Mr. Barry Fox:

I can give the committee an undertaking from the executive and the board that the oversight and controls are in place in the organisation now. That has been demonstrated through the delivery of the 11 recommendations of the EY governance review. The organisation has moved to a much stronger place in terms of governance, accountability and the processes required to deliver for the public purse and to provide value for money.

We are all aware of the issues that have occurred and are very conscious of them in doing our work. Several of the issues have been played out in the public arena, which has impacted the organisation.