Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 8 March 2006
128 Mr. McGinley asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of complacency grants for safety and life belts which are still outstanding; when the grant will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9629/06]
View answerAn Bord Iascaigh Mhara is the authority responsible for the implementation of safety grant schemes for fishing boats under the National Development Plan 2000-06. BIM has advised that, to date under the current NDP, applications for safety grants for 266 vessels have been approved and €601,267 in grant aid has been paid. A further 186 applications being licensed under the scheme for traditional pot licensing boats are currently being processed.
Regarding the vessel referred to in the question, an application has been approved by BIM and is scheduled for payment in the next two weeks.
