Thomas Pringle (Donegal South West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

It is subhead A13, CEDRA, for which €1 million is provided under current expenditure. What is it for and what is it intended to support? Will capital funding be provided in terms of a rural innovation and development fund?

In his introduction the Minister mentioned the seafood development programme. Will there be a focus on job creation because the experience of many people in Donegal, particularly in respect of the seafood development fund, is that there have been job losses as processors have automated and reduced the actual number of people working. One of the bones of contention is that funding is always announced as supporting so many jobs but then jobs are lost because of the development rather than being created. Will there be a change in focus in that area?

With regard to subhead C7.6 - environmental compliance in the fisheries sector - I note a shift in emphasis from capital to administration with a significant increase in current expenditure. What is the reason for that and what does the change involve?