§ Mr. AingerTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how much money has been made available by the EU to improve monitoring of fishing fleet activity; and how it will be spent.
§ Mr. JackResponsibility for ensuring compliance with the provisions of the common fisheries policy rests with individual member states. Under the terms of Council decision 89/631 EEC the Commission may contribute up to 50 per cent. of the costs of the acquisition or modernisation of capital equipment for use in fisheries enforcement. This scheme runs from 1991 to 1995 and provision is made for expenditure of up to 22 million ECUs in each calendar year. To the end of 1992 a total of 32 million ECUs had been spent.