Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Solidarity)
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734. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated number of vessels that are eligible for the atypical work permit scheme [48213/22]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The 2015 Task Force identified that only vessels in the Polyvalent, Specific and Beam Trawler segments of the fleet, whose Length Overall is greater than 15m are eligible for inclusion in the Atypical Work Permit Scheme for non-EEA fishers. There are currently 174 such eligible vessels on the Irish Fleet Register. Information on the number of vessels is derived from the Irish Fleet Register, which is updated weekly and published online: www.gov.ie/en/collection/c23b5-sea-fishing-boat-licence-applications/.