Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 1 June 2023
274. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will publish a full breakdown of funding provided to all fish producer organisations, including recently established, for the years 2015 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26864/23]
View answerThe funding of Producer Organisations (POs) is provided for by my Department’s EMFF Seafood Development Programme 2014-2020 and details of payments made to each of these organisations since 2015 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 POs. One such payment has been made during this period to the National Inshore Fishermens Assocation. 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 EMFF Programme is approaching closure, but grants to Producer Organisations will continue to be paid in 2023 for activities carried out in 2022. Eligible payments will be made later this year. Beyond this there is scope to provide funding for POs under my Department’s EMFAF Seafood Development Programme 2021-2027, which was adopted by the European Commission in December 2022.
|
- |
Killybegs Fishermen's Organisation |
Irish Fish Producers Organisation Ltd |
Irish South & West Fish Producers Organisation |
Irish South & East Fish Producers Organisation |
Irish Seafood Producers Group |
National Inshore Fishermen’s Association Company Ltd |
Total |
|
2015 |
100,818.62 |
103,987.07 |
92,625.46 |
16,922.20 |
56,595.78 |
- |
370,949.13 |
|
2016 |
92,762.32 |
98,823.34 |
90,671.61 |
33,216.04 |
- |
- |
315,473.31 |
|
2017 |
88,741.15 |
93,246.72 |
92,454.91 |
32,205.10 |
- |
- |
306,647.88 |
|
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 |
718,485.29 |
752,211.67 |
732,119.32 |
271,813.44 |
56,595.78 |
6,943.76 |
2,538,169.26 |
