Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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Let us put money on this. If we take Mr. Healy's situation, where he is entitled to 50 shrimp pots at €12 each, it amounts to €600. We see the same thing in agricultural schemes where there is a lot of hassle and little money. People walk past it and say that it is better to buy them and to forget about it. If that is changed to a maximum of 200 pots at €18, it amounts to €3,600. One may say this is no good against €30,000 involved in the boats but if I told someone a cheque of €3,600 was in O'Connell Street to be collected, he or she would be down in a shot. I keep coming back to working within the parameters. How many fishermen made a loss around the coast? Are we talking about 1,000?