Pat Deering
Question:388. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the funding that was allocated to Inland Fisheries Ireland since 2010, on a national and regional basis. [45718/12]
View answerTuesday, 23 October 2012
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Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) is a National Body formed in July 2010 from an amalgamation of the former Central Fisheries Board and the 7 Regional Fisheries Boards. The establishment of IFI facilitates more efficient and effective management of the inland fisheries resource along with an improved national perspective in the formulation of inland fisheries policy which is more streamlined, coherent and integrated. There is a single allocation of funding to the organisation on a national basis. Outturn on spending on a regional basis is a day to day operational matter for IFI and its Board.
IFI’s outturn figure in 2010 was €13.714 million for the period July to December. The outturn figure for the Central Fisheries Board and the 7 Regional Fisheries Boards was €12.764 million for the period January to June. IFI’s outturn figure in 2011 was €25.718 million. IFI has been allocated €28.462 million for the current year.
Direct Exchequer funding for IFI was reduced by €2.582 million in 2010 compared to 2009 and there was a further €0.749 million reduction in 2011, which are mainly though not exclusively, attributable to savings arising from the restructuring of the inland fisheries sector. The increase in allocation for 2012 can be attributed to the additional €3m capital funding towards the rationalisation of IFI’s Dublin accommodation with the principal aim of achieving major cost efficiencies over the medium to long term while preserving critical functional capability.