Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 January 2023
191. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is satisfied that his Department and the board of Inland Fisheries Ireland have carried out their functions in accordance with their statutory responsibilities and acted on information provided to them (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3009/23]
View answerI am not in a position to comment on this matter as the information referred to was submitted to my Department as a protected disclosure and, as such, is being examined in line with the statutory provisions of the Protected Disclosures Act.
My Department’s role regarding recruitment to IFI is confined to conveying sanction, if required, prior to any recruitment process by IFI, for the filling of posts at, or the upgrading of existing posts to, very senior levels. This is a policy rather than statutory requirement.
The recruitment process itself, for posts at all levels, is an operational matter for IFI in which neither I nor my Department has any function.
