Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is fair to say then that if they sold a lot of shrimps or lobsters, they had to have a fair number of pots. In my view instead of saying, as did Dr. Beamish in his opening statement, that, in addition, they will be required to make a sworn declaration concerning their losses, we should say that as long as they produce evidence that they were doing the fishing, and they produce the pots and so on, they will be paid. The scheme is very limited anyway. I would rather a higher grant for a fixed number of pots than a lower grant for more pots. Allowance must be made for realities. We are all aware of the realities that are going to jump up and bite people in this regard thus making the scheme a very cheap one because many people will find it impossible to produce receipts.