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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Mar 2023)

Alan Dillon: I welcome the Minister. What has changed subsequent to the appointment of Mr. Barry and Mr. Neely? The Minister stated the organisation has been run in a professional manner, but previously, numerous board members resigned their positions due to serious worries and issues they had raised over several months regarding the agency’s annual statement of control issued in March 2021....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Mar 2023)

Alan Dillon: When concerns were raised, how were they addressed by the board in the context of the function of the Department and the Minister?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Mar 2023)

Alan Dillon: When concerns and issues with governance were raised, arising from several matters, how were they dealt with?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Mar 2023)

Alan Dillon: The Minister appointed a senior counsel in respect of the board. Why did he not appoint a senior counsel in respect of the CEO and senior management?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Mar 2023)

Alan Dillon: We are not talking about protected disclosures but about issues with governance and financial appropriateness.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Mar 2023)

Alan Dillon: Once the board has been dissolved, therefore, there will be an external governance review of senior management and the board. Does the Minister consider that is too late in light of what has happened over recent months?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Mar 2023)

Alan Dillon: The current members of the board, however, who are senior, competent personnel, could see they were not getting a satisfactory resolution. The Minister believes changing the board will get a satisfactory resolution. Is that what he foresees happening here?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Mar 2023)

Alan Dillon: Did the Minister put any weight on the wider repercussions of issuing a no-fault dismissal for the current members of the board? There is significant concern these board members will be blacklisted or that there will be a whispering campaign regarding their professionalism at IFI.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Mar 2023)

Alan Dillon: There is concern from some former board members regarding future appointments to other prospective boards. That has come to our attention. Is that something the Minister will ensure does not happen?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Mar 2023)

Alan Dillon: Can the Minister tell me how many protected disclosures are being dealt with by IFI and how many protected disclosures is the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications dealing with?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Mar 2023)

Alan Dillon: Is it in double or single digits?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Mar 2023)

Alan Dillon: How advanced are the investigations to date?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Mar 2023)

Alan Dillon: It is important because, following the investigations, Mr. Barry and Mr. Neely will want to have a clear understanding, when they are acting as the board, that they have all the facts and information.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Mar 2023)

Alan Dillon: Is there a timeline in respect of the protected disclosures?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Mar 2023)

Alan Dillon: On the sign-off of the 2021 appropriation accounts, I presume all protected disclosures will be fully closed out before the accounts are signed off. Is that the expectation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Mar 2023)

Alan Dillon: How concerned is the Minister that to date, the accounts have not been signed off?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Mar 2023)

Alan Dillon: It did not function on the basis that there were unsatisfactory responses to a number of issues arising from the internal standard of control issued to the Comptroller and Auditor General. On the back of that, concerns were raised by the board. Is that the Minister's assessment?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (7 Mar 2023)

Alan Dillon: 116. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to re-examine the benefit-in-kind changes introduced in the Finance Act 2019 due to higher emissions and costs to those workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11340/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (7 Mar 2023)

Alan Dillon: 159. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will list the number of registered one-stop shops in Mayo and the Connaught region to offer a start-to-finish project management service, including access to financing, for home energy upgrades; the average costs and waiting time, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10854/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (7 Mar 2023)

Alan Dillon: 160. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of retrofits completed in 2022 under each scheme, by county; the average costs and waiting time, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10855/23]