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:
The companies are examined and there is a system of evaluation of the grants. A company getting a grant must meet certain criteria, such as adding market value, development and employment creation. If companies grow, our experience is that we get from €3 million to €4 million in additional growth in activity, adding more indirect jobs in the community. The 75 jobs I mentioned refers to direct jobs. I cannot say more than that.
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