Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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1261. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of all payments made to fishermen and fish processing companies in County Cork for each of the years 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54443/22]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The details which the Deputy has requested are in large part already publicly available. 

My Department's €240 million European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) Programme 2014-2020 has over recent years been the principal source of public funding for the sustainable development of our fisheries, aquaculture and seafood processing sectors and has been co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the European Union.

As it comes to its conclusion, the list of beneficiaries under the various schemes continues to be published on an ongoing basis as required by the EU Regulation 1303/2013 at the link below. Supports to fishers can be found on the Union Priority 1 (UP1) tab, with supports to processors mainly located on the UP5 tab and some also located on the UP1 tab. To be aware that the spreadsheet details the amount of EU funding received by each beneficiary in column H. As supports to fishers and processors are co-funded under the EMFF on a 50/50 basis with exchequer funds, the total funding received by each beneficiary will be twice the "Amount of EU contribution" figure detailed in column H. Individual fishers' names are redacted in line with data protection guidance.

eufunds.ie/european-maritime-and-fisheries-fund/operation-beneficiary-list/

The remaining funding paid to fishers in the 2020-2022 period relates to payments made under 2 of the schemes launched in response to the recommendations in the Report of the Seafood Task Force - Navigating Change (October 2021). The report recommended 16 support schemes collectively designed to address the impacts of Brexit and the Trade and Cooperation Agreement on our seafood sector and coastal communities. Payments to fishers in Cork made to date are detailed below. There have been no payments made to processors under these schemes to date.

Brexit Temporary Fleet Tie Up Scheme

Brexit Inshore Business Model Adjustment Scheme

No payments in 2021. All payments completed/awarded to-date in 2022.