Public Consultation - Corporate Plan

Public Consultation - Corporate Plan

Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) was established on the 1st of July 2010 under the 2010 Inland Fisheries Act. The principal functions of the agency are set out under Section 7(1) of the Act and these are the protection, management, and conservation of the inland fisheries resource. The general functions of the agency are;

• (a) To promote, support, facilitate, and advise the Minister on the conservation, protection, management, marketing, development and improvement of inland fisheries, including sea angling.
• (b) Develop and advise the Minister on policy and national strategies relating to inland fisheries including sea angling and,
• (c) Ensure implementation and delivery of policy and strategies developed under subsection (b) as agreed with the Minister.

Section 41 of the legislation further states that IFI shall, in accordance with this section prepare, adopt and, at the times specified in subsection (2), submit to the Minister for approval a 5 year rolling corporate plan for the 5 year period following the date of its submission.

In this context IFI will be preparing a 5 year corporate plan for the period 2015 – 2020 and would welcome your observations on what should be included in this plan. For information a copy of IFI’s current corporate plan can been accessed on the IFI website.

Please return observations to

Emma Fortune,

IFI Headquarters,

3044 Lake Drive,

Citywest, Dublin 24

on or before April 10th, 2015.

Observations may also be e-mailed to corporateplan@fisheriesireland.ie.