Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The EU regulation establishing the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, or EMFF, was published on 20 May 2014. Following months of intense lobbying and negotiation, I announced on 12 June 2014 that I had secured €148 million from the fund for the period 2014 to 2020 for the development of the Irish seafood industry and the coastal communities that depend upon it. This funding is more than double the amount that was available to Ireland during the last Common Fisheries Policy and will ensure a strong seafood industry in Ireland which can grow and expand to meet its potential up to 2020.

Ireland's EMFF allocation is to be provided through five discrete funding envelopes. There will be €71 million for investment in the seafood industry; €32 million for data collection-----

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