Written answers

Wednesday, 16 November 2022

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Fishing Industry

Photo of Holly CairnsHolly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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206. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will provide details of the funding allocated to all producer organisations in the fishing sector annually since 1 January 2018, including the total amounts as of 31 October 2022. [57010/22]

Photo of Charlie McConalogueCharlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The funding of Producer Organisations is provided for by the EMFF Seafood Development Programme 2014-2020 and details of payments made to each of these organisations since 2018 are provided in the table below. Payments are made through the Producer Organisation Scheme which was agreed by the EMFF Monitoring Committee and which consists to two elements. Part A of the scheme provides support for new Producer Organisations (POs). One such payment has been made during this period to the National Inshore Fishermen's Association. The remaining payments were under Part B of the scheme which funds measures identified in the POs' Production and Marketing Plans (PMPs). These PMPs are submitted by POs on an annual basis, with the PO's Annual Report, and evaluated to assess that the criteria, established by EU regulation, have been met. Where it is established that these criteria have been met, funding is approved. Funding amounts for individual POs are based on simplified cost options, which calculate payments based on relevant expenditure by the POs over the previous three years.

The Programme is approaching closure, but grants to Producer Organisations will continue to be paid in 2023 for activities carried out in 2022. Beyond this, the EMFAF Seafood Development Programme 2021-2027 was approved by Government in September of this year and has been submitted to the Commission for adoption. Under this Programme, new schemes, including those relevant to Producer Organisations, will be brought forward in due course.

- Killybegs Fishermen's Organisation Irish Fish Producers Organisation Ltd Irish South & West Fish Producers Organisation Irish South & East Fish Producers Organisation National Inshore Fishermen's Association Company Ltd Total
2018 €88,711.30 €94,460.27 €92,527.33 €36,683.42 - € 312,382.32
2019 €88,722.23 €98,016.48 €90,643.34 €46,441.74 - €323,823.79
2020 €88,680.62 €93,573.16 €93,958.55 €38,096.64 - €314,308.97
2021 €85,348.97 €85,404.55 €90,164.14 €34,800.19 €6,943.76 €302,661.61
2022 €84,700.08 €84,700.08 €89,073.98 €33,448.11 - €291,922.25
Total €436,163.20 €456,154.54 €456,367.34 €189,470.10 €6,943.76 €1,545,098.94

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