Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)
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Question 347: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to increase grant funding to the aquaculture sector to develop technological innovation and environmentally sustainable techniques, including organic farming, and diversification into new species; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18280/08]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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Seafood Development will benefit from an investment of €216 million under the new National Development Plan (NDP) 2007-2013. A further €118 million may be made available over the life of the plan for the proposals set out in "STEERING A NEW COURSE — Strategy for a Restructured, Sustainable and Profitable Irish Seafood Industry 2007-2013"( the Cawley Report) on the basis of verified progressive change as set out in the Cawley Report. A Seafood Strategy Implementation Group (SSIG), chaired by Dr Noel Cawley, has been established. This group is actively supporting and driving the delivery of the recommendations, including those specific to the aquaculture sector, over the lifetime of the NDP.