Foreshore Leases

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 27 January 2011

Thursday, 27 January 2011

Questions (122)

Pearse Doherty

Question:

122 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the date the proposed lease (details supplied) in respect of reclaimed foreshore at Burtonport Harbour will be transferred to Donegal County Council; his views on the length of time this lease has taken to be issued in view of the fact that this issue had been agreed more than eight years ago and that a European grant of €465,000 has been lost to the development of a marina due to time elapsing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4452/11]

Written answers

Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív)

Donegal County Council only recently accepted the valuation terms offered by the Department for a 99 year lease of the foreshore in question. The Department has instructed the Chief State Solicitors Office to finalise drafting of the lease.

The Department understands from Donegal County Council that the provision of EU funding for marina development was not or is not conditional on the grant of a foreshore lease at Burtonport Harbour.