Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 20 June 2023
167. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason no Angling Consultative Council of Ireland meetings were held under the auspices of the Inland Fisheries division from 26 July 2022 until 23 March 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29620/23]
View answerIt was proposed at the ACCI meeting held on 25 July 2022 that the next meeting of ACCI would be convened in September 2022.
In the intervening period, ACCI had made a request for support funding to be made available to ACCI members and, in light of same, it was agreed to hold the next meeting of ACCI after the Estimates and Budgetary processes were completed.
The intention was to reconvene ACCI meetings in Q1 2023. Once funding was secured by the Inland Fisheries Division and confirmed in mid Q1, a meeting was convened in March 2023 based on the availability of ACCI members and officials from the Inland Fisheries Division and inland Fisheries Ireland.
Further ACCI meetings were held in May and June 2023 and the next meeting is proposed for July 2023.
