Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 4 May 2023
Public Accounts Committee
Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres
9:30 am
Mr. Brendan Gleeson:
Yes. These things are difficult.
Regarding the fund, if I was the FAI I would probably do a report like that as well. The fact is the State and successive Governments have felt that these sectors deserve support for a variety of reasons, including the economic benefit derived in rural communities from these sports.