Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 14 October 2004
144 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if an assessment has been carried out on the Coast Guard station in Ballycotton; if so the results of any such assessment; if his attention has been drawn to the need to build a new Coast Guard station in a new location in Ballycotton; his plans in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24923/04]
View answerThe Irish Coast Guard of my Department operates a station house building programme to upgrade its 54 coastal unit stations around the coast. The Office of Public Works is the project manager for the Coast Guard.
To date, nine stations have been built or rebuilt and two further stations have been extended. The programme is delivering one to two new stations per year and it is kept under regular review. The project team has looked at several prospective sites for a new station at Ballycotton and this station remains part of the programme.
