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Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)

James O'Connor: Can Ms Campion get them before the end of today's meeting if we request them now?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)

James O'Connor: We might just steer clear of the figures for a moment but I just want to ask. I would like to see them for 2018, 2019, 2020 and subsequent to 2020 if it was indeed requested, if that is okay with Ms Campion.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)

James O'Connor: 2020, if that funding was requested.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)

James O'Connor: Up until now, if Ms Campion can provide that to the committee. I am asking for that.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)

James O'Connor: In terms of the process used by IFI for the administration of that funding, could Ms Campion provide a breakdown of IFI administration costs per year in the administration of that funding and the amount spent on the actual programme delivery by IFI? Are others approved by IFI for the expenditure of that funding? I also assume that Ms Campion would have approved budgets for each dormant...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)

James O'Connor: Can Ms Campion provide us with documentation to prove that is the case?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)

James O'Connor: I would appreciate that, please. It is definitely important as well. With regards to IFI's strategy, where does the delivery of the angling programme sit?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)

James O'Connor: Just for the public to be aware, what are HLOs?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)

James O'Connor: In terms of the potential risk to Sports Ireland-funded and non-funded angling NGBs, when IFI decided to run angling programmes and coaching free of charge to the public, did it assess any potential risks of that going wrong?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)

James O'Connor: Did any issues occur with the angling programme?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)

James O'Connor: Did any issues occur with tendered coaching?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)

James O'Connor: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)

James O'Connor: What did that cost?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)

James O'Connor: In terms of carrying out the tendered works, how did that take place if IFI had two tenders that were issued and one participant did not draw down the money? How did the organisation carry out that process in terms of the coaching?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)

James O'Connor: Did anyone step in to fill the gap in coaching or how did that happen?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)

James O'Connor: There was no issue there. Nobody was paid for work they did not do, for example.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)

James O'Connor: That is important. I thank Ms Campion for the clarification on that. In terms of the external delivery of the novice angling activation programme, could she explain how that worked?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)

James O'Connor: In terms of the SLAs, IFI moved to the e-tender process. Had Ms Campion any issues when she doing this in terms of the organisation's management?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)

James O'Connor: IFI moved under its service level agreement to an e-tender process. This is standard. I just want to get an insight from Ms Campion in her role as head of finance and corporate services as to whether she encountered any issues with the e-tender process. With regard to the delivery of the process, were there any issues in the allocation of who won IFI tenders? The reason I am asking is...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)

James O'Connor: Okay. I might just move on to my next question. A sum of €70,000 was given to ACI from the 2018 funding. Did it share in the €323,250 as announced in the 2018 press release through IFI? Has IFI this money in an account somewhere? We have discussed this with people who brought the issue to our attention.