Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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58. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 211 of 13 July 2021, the procedures for reappointment to the board of Inland Fisheries Ireland; if public consultation is involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39556/21]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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Section 14 (6) of the Inland Fisheries Act 2010 Act provides that any member of Inland Fisheries Ireland who completes a term of office is eligible for re-appointment, but may not serve more than 2 consecutive terms. All appointments, including re-appointments, are made in accordance with Section 12 of the 2010 Act and with due regard to the Guidelines on Appointments to State Boards and the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies.

Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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59. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the reason for the closure of the Inland Fisheries Ireland Educational outreach programme; the costs associated with the programme in each of the years 2016 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39578/21]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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The Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) Educational Outreach Programme is managed and administered directly and independently by IFI under the governance of its Board. IFI's response to the Deputy's query is attached.

OBSERVATION/ADVICE NOTE

Iascach Intíre Éireann

Inland Fisheries Ireland

Inland Fisheries Ireland’s Education and Outreach Programme, which is funded by Dormant Accounts Funding, will continue until the end of 2021, a decision was made by the Board of IFI not to apply for Dormant Accounts Funding for 2022 as the focus of IFI going forward will be on the core functions of protection, management and conservation of Ireland’s inland fisheries and sea angling resources and to maximise their sustainability and natural biodiversity as per IFI’s Corporate Plan.

The costs associated with the Inland Fisheries Ireland Education and Outreach Programme for the years 2016 to 2020 were as follows:

Year20162017201820192020

Costs€0.00€23,041.60€25,000.00€321,074.09€476,728.66DATE OUT: 22/7/2021

ANSWERED By: Francis O’Donnell & Barry O’Connor