Fianna Fáil TDs block Lost at Sea report probe

FIANNA FÁIL deputies have blocked attempts to call the Ombudsman before an Oireachtas Committee for an investigation into her report on the controversial Lost at Sea scheme.

Last year the Ombudsman, Emily O’Reilly, took the unusual step of laying her report on the compensation package for fishing vessels before the Oireachtas. And she has been at loggerheads with the Department of Agriculture over its findings.

Ms O’Reilly recommended €245,000 be paid in compensation to a Donegal family, because the scheme was not administered properly.