Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 April 2023
388. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance his views on engaging with the Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine to offer an individual a boat which was been decommissioned under the Brexit voluntary permanent cessation scheme as compensation relating to a High Court ruling (details supplied). [17218/23]
View answerAs the Deputy will understand, I am not in a position to comment regarding specific legal proceedings. In respect of the Deputy’s suggestion regarding offering a decommissioned vessel as compensation to any individual, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has been consulted and it has been confirmed that that the Minister does not acquire title to any vessels pursuant to the Brexit Voluntary Permanent Cessation Scheme. There would be no legal basis, therefore, for title of any such vessel to be transferred to a third party.
