Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I would be interested in seeing the breakdown of those in particular. The Minister mentioned that the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine will be one of the sectors that will be funded. That is vitally important. It should be funded additionally, rather than the current spend being put in under this and governing it that way. In particular, in that context, the Irish Islands Marine Resource Organisation, IIMRO, has made a submission for island infrastructure that is vitally important. As the Deputy will know, their suffering is greater again, because they are on offshore islands. As well as this, they rely on buying boats from England, which cannot be done now. What is important is that the infrastructure that they rely on will be improved, so that their ability to make a living is better and easier for them. I ask the Minister to look at that, in particular, in relation to the funding.

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