Tom Sheahan (Kerry South, Fine Gael)

Is that it? My question was not answered in that load of waffle. The Minister of State has outlined his own competent incompetence. BIM, which is the statutory body to support the fishing industry, returned funds to the Exchequer because an operational programme has not yet been put in place by him even though he has been in his position for nearly two years. He is being talked up for a senior ministerial position but he could not even achieve this programme in a two year period. The money was returned because BIM is precluded from awarding capital investment to small fishing concerns along our coast.

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