Frank Fahey (Galway West, Fianna Fail)

-----which enabled the people who were successful to go out and buy a fishing boat and return to fishing. It is interesting to note that a number of the people who qualified for the scheme have lost money on it since then.

The Ombudsman's report stated that the appropriate remedy for the adverse effects suffered by the Byrne family was monetary compensation and that the calculation methods set out in the 2008 decommissioning scheme, as applicable to others who were successful under the lost at sea scheme, should now be applied to the Byrne family. I cannot accept the recommendation that the Byrne family - who did not qualify and should not have qualified for the scheme in the first place - should now be paid financial compensation. This would be contrary to the most fundamental principles of the scheme.

The conclusion of the Ombudsman's report states: "The Scheme did not provide financial support to successful applicants" - is the Deputy listening?

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