Seán Sherlock
Question:812. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a grant will be issued to a group (details supplied) under EMFF fisheries local action groups. [34885/20]
View answerTuesday, 10 November 2020
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The Fisheries Local Action Group Scheme is a community-led local development initiative for the socio-economic development of coastal communities and forms part of my Department's European Maritime and Fisheries Fund Programme 2014-20. There are seven Fisheries Local Action Groups, each responsible for a specific coastal region, and each has published a Local Development Strategy for its region to guide its distribution of its respective share of the overall €12 million budget allocated within the EMFF Programme for the FLAG Scheme. As a community-led local developmet initiative, each of the seven FLAGs is responsible for selecting projects for funding within its region and I have no function in those decisions. I understand that in light of the Covid-19 Pandemic, the 7 FLAGs prioritised for funding those projects that could complete in 2020.
The project referred to by the Deputy was issued with a grant offer in 2020 and the conditions of that offer specified that a final payment claim must be submitted to Bord Iascaigh Mhara by 15 November 2020. BIM inform me that to date the applicant has submitted no claim for payment. If the applicant has any particular difficulty with its project, they should contact BIM directly for assistance.