Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 February 2005
367 Mr. McGinley asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to coastal erosion on Tory Island, particularly from the recently built sea wall at West End along the shore between the hostel and the sea; and if he will provide funding to facilitate the continuation to the recently erected partition wall from the new pier. [5121/05]
View answerWhile primary responsibility for coastal protection comes within the remit of the Minister of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, my Department has, over the past five years, made some funding available for that purpose.
From 1999 to date, my Department has spent €987,220 on the sea wall at West End on Tory Island. An application for additional funding to reinforce and extend this wall by 30 metres is at present being examined by my Department in the context of the funding available to me this year for island projects and the competing demands for same.
