Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 28 September 2023
231. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether the Brexit aquaculture growth scheme, Brexit blue economy enterprise development scheme and Brexit processing capital support scheme are current or capital expenditure. [42007/23]
View answerI established the Seafood Sector Task Force in March 2021 to examine the impacts of Brexit/EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement on our fishing sector and coastal communities. The Task Force report of October 2021 made 16 recommendations.
To date, under the Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund (BAR), I have announced 11 schemes with a total budget allocation of €271.3 million, as set out below. Four new schemes - Brexit Pelagic Fisheries Support Scheme, Brexit Fish Processor Transition Scheme, Brexit Specific Scallop Fleet Transition Support Scheme and Brexit Fisheries Cooperative Transition Scheme 2023 - have been submitted to the European Commission for State Aid approval.
• Temporary Tie-Up 2021 Scheme
• Inshore Fisheries Business Model Adjustment Scheme 2022 and 2023
• Temporary Tie-Up 2022 Scheme
• Brexit Co-operative Transition Scheme
• Brexit Voluntary Decommissioning Scheme
• Brexit Adjustment Local Authority Marine Infrastructure Scheme
• Blue Economy Enterprise Development Scheme
• Seafood Capital Processing Support Scheme
• Inshore Marketing Scheme
• Brexit Sustainable Aquaculture Growth Scheme
• Off Register Capacity Buy Out Scheme
The Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund provides for both capital and current expenditure-type projects.
The Brexit Aquaculture Growth Scheme, the Brexit Blue Economy Enterprise Development Scheme, and the Brexit Processing Capital Support Scheme fall within capital expenditure.
