Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 23 September 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs

Inshore Fishing: National Inshore Fishermen's Association

2:00 am

Mr. Michael Desmond:

It came out of de minimis aid. I do not know if it is true or not but I think some of that money was actually handed back afterwards. We were there and we could not sell crabs, shrimp or whelks because of Covid, Brexit and the war in Ukraine and we basically had to tie up the boats. We are then giving back money, allegedly? It is hard to take.