John Perry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 307: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when fishermen will receive their first payment under the decommissioning scheme of the whitefish fleet; the number of stages in which payments will be made; when fishermen will receive these payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34044/05]

Pat Gallagher (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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Under the vessel decommissioning scheme to permanently withdraw capacity from the demersal and shell fish sectors of the Irish fishing fleet, grant payments will be made in two stages. Some 50% of the total grant payable in respect of a vessel will be paid when the sea fishing boat licence is surrendered and the fishing vessel is removed from the fishing vessel register. The remaining 50% of the grant will be paid when the vessel has been scrapped. In accordance with specified conditions, it is anticipated that the first tranche of payments to successful applicants who have elected to decommission their vessels in the first round under the scheme will commence in December 2005.