Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 March 2023
185. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he intends making money available to an organisation (details supplied) or to local authorities to develop piers, slips and loading places on inland lakes, including improving existing ones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13015/23]
View answerThe funding allocation provided to Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) by my Department is not generally disaggregated for individual specific purposes such as those raised by the Deputy.
The allocation of such resources towards development and other functions, related to fisheries, under, for instance, the National Strategy for Angling Development and other programmes, is an operational matter for IFI in which neither I nor my Department have any function.
IFI has established a specific email address for queries from Oireachtas members so that queries can be addressed promptly, in line with IFI’s objective to deliver services to the highest standards. The email address is oireachtas@fisheriesireland.ie
The provision of funding to Local Authorities for the development or improvement of infrastructure in their ownership such as piers and slipways is a matter for the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. Other Public bodies, such as Waterways Ireland, also have a stake in inland waters infrastructure as regards such matters leisure craft and accessibility.
