Dáil Éireann Debate, Friday - 16 September 2016
1640. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount Inland Fisheries Ireland receives from the Government every year; and if it allocates the moneys on a river by river basis. [25267/16]
View answerInland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) was established on 1 July 2010, from an amalgamation of the Central Fisheries Board and the 7 Regional Fisheries Boards as well as a number of Co-operatives and other bodies. The following table shows the annual Exchequer funding provided to IFI for the years 2011 (its first full year of operation) to 2016.
|
Year |
Allocation €m |
|
2011 |
24.945 |
|
2012 |
25.448 |
|
2013 |
28.259* |
|
2014 |
24.417 |
|
2015 |
23.876 |
|
2016 |
24.241 |
*includes €3m once-off capital allocation for a new HQ for IFI.
IFI's statutory remit includes the protection, management, development and promotion of Ireland’s inland fisheries resources, encompassing over 77,000 Kilometres of freshwater rivers and streams and a quarter of a million hectares of lakes as well as sea-angling resources within the national 12 mile nautical limit.
The allocation of IFI's resources is a day to day operational matter for the Board and Executive of IFI, based on operational requirements including statutory obligations, incident response, research, prioritisation of planned development and other works etc. Funding is not, therefore, allocated on a river by river basis.
