§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish the names of the persons who are carrying out the review of the Foyle fisheries commission, indicating the nature of the expertise of the persons concerned, when the review began, when the report will be published, and the persons and bodies consulted by the review team.
§ Sir Patrick MayhewThe management review of the Foyle fisheries commission is being undertaken by a450W multi-disciplinary team of consultants from the Belfast and Dublin offices of KPMG Management Consulting. The team assigned to the project incorporates a wide range of expertise including business management, financial management, human resource management, corporate finance, strategic marketing, environmental management, pension funding and aquatic science.
The review commenced in early February 1993 and the report is expected to be finalised in August 1993. As the report will deal largely with a management review it is not envisaged that its text will be released into the public domain. However, should its recommendations lead to changes which would be of public interest, these will be brought to public attention. Those consulted by the review team included the appropriate Departments of Government in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, the Foyle fisheries commission, the advisory council for the Foyle area, and representatives of angling, draft net fishing, drift net fishing and shellfishing interests.