Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for her indulgence this morning, and the indulgence of her staff. At the time when I was meant to be walking here to ask this question I ended up on the phone with Áine Lawlor. That does not happen very often.

My question is, noting that the deadline for decommissioning of the vessels under the Bord Iascaigh Mhara decommissioning scheme begins in April 2023 and the entitlement of crew members to avail of a share of compensation if they have worked 90 days in the course of 2020 and 2021 on the vessel that is due to be decommissioned, is that entitlement lost if the fisher has ceased working on the vessel between 2021 and the present. Will the Minister of State make a statement on the matter?

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