Angling Advisory Group
- Published on: 26 March 2021
- Last updated on: 19 January 2026
Minister Ryan established the Angling Consultative Council of Ireland (ACCI) in November 2020. The name was changed in August 2024 to the Angling Advisory Group (AAG) to better reflect the group's advisory role on inland fisheries policy matters.
The overall objective of this Group is to put a formal process and structure in place to harness those representative bodies that are willing to productively contribute to the sport of angling and to support cooperation across its component disciplines. The current members of AAG, as agreed by the Minister, are as follows:
Participation is open to all national angling representative bodies. Other national bodies are welcome to join and should contact the Department by emailing inland.fisheries@dcee.gov.ie Participants are required to adhere to the Sport Ireland governance standards and criteria, the Terms of Reference, and Code of Conduct which are supported by the Minister.
The Minister's intention is that the Group will:
- be the channel for orderly, progressive and constructive engagement on significant policy issues with IFI and also Senior Officials in the department and our Minister
- be a significant conduit for access to organisation-related funding, particularly sponsorship and supports for youth development, social inclusion, training and development and governance
- embrace and operate to the highest standards of sports governance (those of Sport Ireland)
- be a key mechanism for angling stakeholder input into the development of a new policy statement for the Inland Fisheries Sector
Meetings
- Each participating body shall nominate one representative (and one alternate)
- Only one nominated representative per organisation to attend each meeting
- The Chairperson shall approve the agenda for each meeting
- Decisions will be by majority vote
- In the event of a tied vote, the Chairperson will have the casting vote