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Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)

Brian Stanley: In regard to the findings of the internal audit on that, were there any other major issues in that internal audit?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)

Brian Stanley: New clubs can be established.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)

Brian Stanley: I am not trying to pick on the club, because people there in a voluntary capacity were doing their best in many circumstances with good intentions. We have all been there and done that. They are unpaid and giving their time to the community on something they are passionate about. Would Ms Campion agree that allocating money to a particular entity, not wishing to cast any aspersions,...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)

Brian Stanley: Have any other such instances cropped up?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)

Brian Stanley: Okay.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)

Brian Stanley: It is a developing situation. Will Mr. O'Donnell come back to us as soon as possible on that. It is my understanding there may be a proposal for IFI to use it because it has an operation centre on site and the use of it.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)

Brian Stanley: It obviously is a very important facility.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)

Brian Stanley: I will allow the Deputy back in for one question.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)

Brian Stanley: How much was approved?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)

Brian Stanley: I will end this round with Mr. O'Donnell, briefly, and then we will get in-----

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)

Brian Stanley: Surely it would need a full business plan.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)

Brian Stanley: And use the mansion.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)

Brian Stanley: It may be more appropriate to have it for six years, going back to 2017.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)

Brian Stanley: Because it changed then with the various-----

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)

Brian Stanley: Mr. Maher has indicated.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)

Brian Stanley: We will finish where we began, which is with the fish. This is what it is all about, or should be about anyway. I am not an expert in it and know very little about it. I live in the most inland county. It is the only county that does not touch a county that touches the sea. The witnesses are correct, in that I remember a lot of freshwater trout in the rivers. It is a long time since I...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)

Brian Stanley: I thank the witnesses and the support staff from the Department and from Inland Fisheries Ireland for the work involved in preparing for today's meeting.. I thank the Comptroller and Auditor General and the staff for their attendance and for the help they have provided. Is it agreed the clerk will receive any follow-up information and will carry out any agreed actions raised at the meeting?...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2023)

Brian Stanley: We will resume in public session. I thank everyone for reappearing. I hope that, in a week's time, they can end shoving dinners down their necks and so forth. They might even be able to have a glass of wine and take a little longer digesting their dinners, sleep better, etc. We will be joined this afternoon by Ms Ramona Quinn of the Office of the Parliamentary Legal Advisers, OPLA. We...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2023)

Brian Stanley: The business before us this afternoon is as follows: minutes; accounts and financial statements; correspondence; the work programme; and any other business. The minutes of the meetings of 22, 26 and 29 June have been circulated to members. Is everyone happy with them? Does any member wish to raise matters regarding them? Are the minutes agreed? Agreed. As usual, they will be published...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2023)

Brian Stanley: In relation to the Loughs Agency, it is unusual. Every one of the accounts that came before us for the six bodies had a clear audit opinion, which I welcome and acknowledge. Regarding the situation that the Loughs Agency is caught in, if and when - I hope it is sooner rather than later - the Executive is up and running and, as a consequence, the North-South Ministerial Council is in...