Michael Ring
Ceist:154 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources the name of the applicant in Killary, County Mayo, who was successfully awarded funding under the shellfish remedial package; and the amount awarded. [2415/02]
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154 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources the name of the applicant in Killary, County Mayo, who was successfully awarded funding under the shellfish remedial package; and the amount awarded. [2415/02]
155 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources the amount of money which was put in place for the shellfish remedial package. [2416/02]
156 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources the number of people who applied for funding under the shellfish remedial package. [2417/02]
157 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources the funding which was paid out under the shellfish remedial package; and the names and addresses of those awarded funding under this scheme. [2418/02]
158 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources the media organisations used to advertise details of the shellfish remedial package; if the package was advertised in local or national media; the media which carried the advertisement and the dates advertised. [2419/02]
I propose to take Questions Nos. 154 to 158, inclusive, together.
Some £2.5 million or 3.174 million was made available to the shellfish production sector under the shellfish remedial package. The scheme was announced in budget 2001 and launched in Bantry on 12 January 2001 by the Minister of State, Deputy Hugh Byrne. The launch received wide media coverage in both the national and local press and radio and television. Details regarding the objectives of the scheme and how to apply were advertised by BIM, which administered the package on behalf of the Department, in The Kerryman and The Connaught Tribune of 19 January 2001 and the Southern Star of 20 January 2001. Details were also published in BIM's Aquaculture Newsletter No. 36 and Aquaculture Ireland.
A total of 80 applications were received by BIM. Having assessed all applications in accordance with the criteria of the scheme, funding was approved in respect of 43 applications. Details of approved applications are at Table 1 while Table 2 provides details of grant aid relating to Killary-based applicants.
Table 1
Grants Approved Under Shellfish Remedial Package
Adrigole Mussels Limited – Dan O'Shea, Adrigole, Beara, County Cork
Ardgroom Shellfish Limited, John Gerard Sullivan, Ardgroom, Beara, County Cork
Atlantic Blackshells – Danny McNulty, 3 Castlehill Park, Castlebar, County Mayo
Bantry Harbour Mussels – Mr. Tim Coakley, Gurteen, Bantry, County Cork
Black Pearl Shellfish – Kieran Kane, Lettergesh West, County Galway
Jimmy Bonner, Ballard, Arranmore, County Donegal
Bruckless Bouchot Mussels Limited – Michelle Lafferty-McGuinness, Darney, Bruckless, County Donegal
Bunlaw Mussels – Adrian Vermolen, Daurus, Kenmare, County Kerry
Ciaran Coyne, Lettergesh West, Renvyle, County Galway
Comharchumann Sliogán Mara Teo – Francie Bonner, Illion, Arranmore, County Donegal
Cormorant Mussel – William Murphy, 25 The Meadows, Classis Lake, Ovens, County Cork
Paddy Cronin, Muxnaw, Kenmare, County Kerry
Atlantic Blackshells |
Danny McNulty 61,175.98 |
Ciaran Coyne 8,564.38 |
|
Black Pearl Shellfish |
Kieran Kane 17,128.76 |
Killary Fjord Shellfish |
Simon Kennedy 69,981.61 |
Kevin Lydon 42,044.83 |
|
Killary Shellfish |
Brendan Nee 12,768.48 |
Purple Spade Limited |
Martin Nee 15,572.06 |
Total |
227,236.13 |