Details of additional €8.8m for fishermen unveiled

FISHING SECTOR

The plight of the country’s small fishermen was laid bare at the Dáil Committee on the Marine as the department gave details about €8.8m in additional funding it has allocated for the repair of storm-ravaged harbours, piers and slipways and €1.5m in compensation for lost and damaged lobster and crab pots.

This €8.8m is in addition to the €70m announced by Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan earlier this week for flood and storm-damaged repairs to local authority infrastructure.