Seán Kyne (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Absolutely. The CEO had a statement out very quickly today after the board was sacked. He was delighted with himself. I feel for the hundreds of decent IFI employees with no leadership from the CEO, the Department or the Minister. There is no direction from anyone.

I believe the Minister, Deputy Ryan, is a decent man but in this, he is totally misguided, and wrongly advised on purpose by his Department, and is standing over the targeting of an employee by the CEO. There is an absolute need for an independent investigation into Inland Fisheries Ireland, its organisation, CEO, and the advices given by the Department. Instead, the very Department is organising an internal investigation.

The whole saga is not distinguished; it is disgusting. It is rotten, corrupt and, in fact, it is worthy of-----