asked the Minister for Agriculture if he is now in a position to pay the compensation due to the fresh water net fishermen who were obliged to relinquish that mode of living at serious financial loss.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Fresh Water Net Fishermen.
I expect to be able, by an early date, to make firm offers of compensation to certain netsmen who have furnished satisfactory evidence of loss resulting from the abolition of freshwater netting under Section 35 of the Fisheries Act, 1939. Correspondence is still in progress with other claimants regarding the particulars submitted by them.