I again rise to discuss a number of matters relating to Inland Fisheries Ireland. I am reminded of the famous question asked of Thomas Becket by an English king, who asked, "Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?" What is one to do if one needs to get rid of the chair of a State board? What would be a good way of doing that? One way would be to target his or her family. That would be a good way of doing it because people are loyal to their family, and if a member or members of person's family have been targeted, such as a brother or nephew, that is a good way of leading that person to decide to pack in their course of action.

That is exactly what is happening in the case of Inland Fisheries Ireland. I previously outlined some of the issues we have had, but that is what has happened. An entire family are being victimised by people within Inland Fisheries Ireland-----

I acknowledge the Senator is aware of Standing Orders, but he should be careful of making people identifiable.

I know the family very well. Multiple anonymous letters have been received from former employees of Inland Fisheries Ireland, and one of the employees was suspended after 37 years of service. When that was done, they then targeted the then chair’s nephew, who is also an employee of Inland Fisheries Ireland. Clearly, people within the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and Inland Fisheries Ireland were not happy with the way the board was acting, because it was trying to save the western lakes and to take some of the steps that were necessary. It was not necessarily doing the bidding of the CEO, and that goes to the heart of the matters at issue. One of the anonymous letters, referring to that family, stated, "Two down, one to go. Gotcha, you bastard.”

It is within Inland Fisheries Ireland that all this is taking place. I referred to it yesterday and I will keep referring to it until action on the matter is taken by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine-----

We have discussed this previously and the Senator is aware of the Standing Orders. He has to be cognisant of the Standing Orders relating to making people identifiable.

Absolutely. The Minister was happy to investigate the board but he does not seem to be willing, or is not being advised, to investigate Inland Fisheries Ireland itself, its senior management and the issues that have been brought to the management’s attention and that of the Department by me, Senator Burke and others over recent months.