Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 90: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the annual accounts for 2008 of the Central Fisheries Board have been published and laid before Dáil Éireann; if not, the reason for the delay; the timeframe for publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16642/10]

Conor Lenihan (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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Under Section 14 (1) of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1999, the Central Fisheries Board is obliged to submit draft annual accounts to the Comptroller & Auditor General (C&AG). As soon as may be but not later than one month after an audit by the C&AG, the Board is then obliged to submit to the Department a copy of its annual accounts, together with the C&AG's report. In response to recent enquiries, the C&AG anticipated that the Central Fisheries Board 2008 accounts will be cleared before the end of the April. Upon receipt of the accounts and report of the C&AG and following approval by Government, I will lay copies of both the accounts and the report before each House of the Oireachtas in accordance with Section 14 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1999.