The government has ben accused of massaging last year’s fisheries and seafood sector allocations in the budget, leading to a 50% drop in the provisions announced this week for 2024.
Deputy Padraig MacLochlainn says last year’s allocation was €337.45 million, this year’s is €176.9 million.
He says last year’s figure included the EU Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund money, with the government taking credit for what was essentially a redundancy payment to Ireland’s fishing industry.
Deputy Mac Lochlainn says the past year has been a difficult one for the sector……
