Dáil
‹ Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Verolme, Cork Dockyard. Payment for second patrol vessel
Summary
Wyse asked what happened to the £800,000 paid toward a second fishery patrol vessel; Bruton said the Government decided in July 1981 it could afford only one vessel. Reynolds disputed the explanation, attributing the lost order to bureaucratic failure, while Bruton said the decision was made for financial reasons.
Is the Minister aware that in 1982 a sum of £800,000 was paid to Verolme as a down payment for the building of a fishery patrol vessel? What has happened to that £800,000?
Comment on this
The Deputy is referring to the second vessel. In July 1981 it was decided that we could only afford one vessel.
