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- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)
Brian Stanley: They arose because of bad practice at a higher level.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)
Brian Stanley: Is Ms Byrne satisfied that the courses undertaken relate to so-called core activities or the main activities of IFI?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)
Brian Stanley: On the basis of what she has seen, and I understand she has only been in the role for a short period of time, would Ms Byrne be happy and able to assure the committee that the courses that were undertaken in the past five years were related to the functions of those people within the body?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)
Brian Stanley: I noticed a figure in IFI's opening statement when I was reading it before the meeting. It states that there has been a dramatic fall in the number of wild salmon returning to Ireland from 1.76 million in 1975 to 171,700 in 2022, a drop of nearly 90%. That is obviously concerning. I am not an expert in this. Dr. Gallagher is a scientist and I am not. However, I take it that the cause of...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)
Brian Stanley: Is Dr. Gallagher saying the salmon come back to the same river each year?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)
Brian Stanley: Is that a result of dragnet fishing or something else?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)
Brian Stanley: Is that the ocean temperature?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)
Brian Stanley: It is amazing that they go back to the same rivers. We humans need maps but they are able to figure it out. Dr. Gallagher's written submission states: In June, IFI will be hosting, on behalf of the State, a week-long event focused on the plight of salmon, in partnership with the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation. There, State actors and NGOs will discuss and agree plans for...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)
Brian Stanley: Do fishing practices have anything to do with the falling number of salmon returning as adults?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)
Brian Stanley: Is there any hope of improving the situation or arresting that decline?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)
Brian Stanley: I will come to that in a minute.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)
Brian Stanley: Is river pollution within our State a factor?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)
Brian Stanley: We are talking about weirs and so on.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)
Brian Stanley: A capital fund of €110 million was announced to help fish migration.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)
Brian Stanley: It is removing some of the barriers.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)
Brian Stanley: Pollution in Irish rivers is a factor.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)
Brian Stanley: Without going into any detail, are there signs that because of the measures being taken in agriculture and so on, it is improving or deteriorating overall?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)
Brian Stanley: On the salmon rivers.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)
Brian Stanley: What is the general picture? This is what I am trying to ascertain.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)
Brian Stanley: But it is deteriorating.