The Dealer hears that feathers are flying in the Sustainable Hunting of Wild Birds Stakeholder Forum (SHWBSF) following the decision of its chair Teddy Cashman to suspend the forum’s operations.
“I believe the forum should be suspended pending discussions with members around future engagement,” Cashman claimed in a recent email to stakeholder members.
Explaining his frustration, the chair maintained that the work of the forum “was barely acknowledged” in a recent Oireachtas Committee on Housing presentation by some stakeholders.
“I believe the forum can have a very important role in shaping policy around sustainable hunting of wild birds; but for that to work all members need to see the forum as an important body in the sector,” Cashman said in his email.
However, the chair’s actions have prompted an angry response. In a letter to Cashman, the National Association of Regional Game Councils (NARGC) described the decision to suspend the forum as “unreasonable, and disproportionate”.
The game councils took issue with an assertion by Cashman that some stakeholders who attended the Oireachtas committee had “other agendas”.
“Putting out this statement in an open email to all forum members without any explanation – and linking it to last week’s Oireachtas committee – represents a serious and unfair slur on the organisations who attended at the Oireachtas committee,” the NARGC claimed.
The NARGC called on Cashman to “consider the implications of such a statement”.
“Denying a forum to key stakeholders represents a misjudgment on your part and does a grave disservice to the State,” the NARGC letter maintained.
The Dealer hears that feathers are flying in the Sustainable Hunting of Wild Birds Stakeholder Forum (SHWBSF) following the decision of its chair Teddy Cashman to suspend the forum’s operations.
“I believe the forum should be suspended pending discussions with members around future engagement,” Cashman claimed in a recent email to stakeholder members.
Explaining his frustration, the chair maintained that the work of the forum “was barely acknowledged” in a recent Oireachtas Committee on Housing presentation by some stakeholders.
“I believe the forum can have a very important role in shaping policy around sustainable hunting of wild birds; but for that to work all members need to see the forum as an important body in the sector,” Cashman said in his email.
However, the chair’s actions have prompted an angry response. In a letter to Cashman, the National Association of Regional Game Councils (NARGC) described the decision to suspend the forum as “unreasonable, and disproportionate”.
The game councils took issue with an assertion by Cashman that some stakeholders who attended the Oireachtas committee had “other agendas”.
“Putting out this statement in an open email to all forum members without any explanation – and linking it to last week’s Oireachtas committee – represents a serious and unfair slur on the organisations who attended at the Oireachtas committee,” the NARGC claimed.
The NARGC called on Cashman to “consider the implications of such a statement”.
“Denying a forum to key stakeholders represents a misjudgment on your part and does a grave disservice to the State,” the NARGC letter maintained.
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