Written answers

Tuesday, 1 May 2018

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Aquaculture Data

Photo of John DeasyJohn Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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332. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received from aquaculture and seafood processing enterprises in County Waterford and research institutions under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund operational programme's recent tranche of funding; and when the next round of funding will open for applications. [18827/18]

Photo of Michael CreedMichael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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My Department's €240 million European Maritime and Fisheries Fund Operational Programme is the vehicle for financial supports to the seafood sector up to 2021. The Programme delivers a wide range of supports for aquaculture, fisheries and seafood processing through a suite of 17 schemes.

On 23 April 2018, I announced the first tranche of EMFF grant awards in 2018 to seafood processing enterprises, aquaculture enterprises and research institutions under four EMFF schemes. The details are published on my Department's website at the following link

www.agriculture.gov.ie/press/pressreleases/2018/april/title,116482,en.html.

There were no applications from County Waterford submitted for consideration under the recent tranche of awards. The four EMFF schemes concerned are open for applications on an open call basis, so any relevant Waterford seafood enterprises may apply to Bord Iascaigh Mhara.

In relation to research institutions, three grants were awarded to University College Cork, Galway Mayo Institute of Technology and the Marine Institute. These projects were awarded €1.3 million in EMFF grants and they concern a feasibility study of upscaling Irish mussel production, development of an autonomous finfish vaccine and technology Development in the finfish sector respectively.

Full details of each of the schemes are available on BIM's website at the following link - .

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