Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 24 March 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Annual Report 2013: Bord Iascaigh Mhara

2:00 pm

Mr. Donal Buckley:

We go back to the companies every year and examine their activities with our team so as to sustain progress. The creation of jobs is not a specific requirement attached to the grant aid, but we believe from what the companies come up with and from their development activities that these jobs are in place. I can only work with the evidence of our team on the ground and with what see in the companies' activities and the sector. Clearly, the sector is growing. We have explained about extra processing, boarfish and blue whiting. The shellfish community in Errigal, for example, has grown significantly and lots of new jobs have been added.

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