Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 February 2023
905. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will publish in full the shareholder letter of expectation issued to Coillte on 2 June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6829/23]
View answerThe Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies requires that Government Departments should ensure that they have written oversight agreements clearly defining the terms of the State Body’s relationship with the relevant Minister/parent Department.
For commercial State bodies the oversight agreement between the relevant Minister/parent Department and the State Body is the Shareholder Letter of Expectation.
A Shareholder letter of Expectation issued from Minister of State Hackett to Coillte on 2nd June 2022, co-signed by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.
In keeping with the principle of full transparency, I have already forwarded the 2022 Shareholder Letter of Expectation to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine on 3rd February 2023 together with the 2017 and 2014 letters for the information of all members. I am also making arrangements for these to be published on my Department's website shortly.
