Michael Collins (Cork South West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

In my view it is money coming from the EU for the decommissioning of boats. Surely what is applied in France or Spain has to be applied the same in Ireland. Obviously it is not, so there is more flexibility in other EU states than here. That is why, if they have a temporary cease-fishing activity, they will not have to pay back this money but from what I can see. the Irish have to. There is something funny going on there.