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 do not think so. The individual submitted a business case. It went to HR. It was approved. There were timing issues in the payment of the moneys to the college, but under our processes, any staff member in the IFI is entitled to apply for funding to progress in the organisation and get further education. That is part of our policy. I do not think it was the wrong the decision.