My Department owns and operates, under Statute, six Fishery Harbour Centres at Killybegs, Ros an Mhíl, An Daingean (Dingle), Castletownbere, Dunmore East and Howth. Properties located in the Fishery Harbour Centres are, when appropriate, offered for lease. An individual lease agreement, which is a formal legally binding document on both parties, is voluntarily signed at the outset by the tenant and a Departmental official (on behalf of the Minister).
The specific terms and conditions of each lease are unique to each property and my Department is not in a position to comment on the terms of individual leases. All leases issued in the six Fishery Harbour Centres contain provisions for regular rent reviews and those agreed prior to the application of Section 132 of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act, 2009, have what are referred to as "upward only rent reviews".
I am however, cognisant of the prevailing economic climate in which tenants of the Fishery Harbour Centres are operating and whilst my Department is precluded from offering tenants a downward rent review, it has recently offered tenants on whose properties rent reviews have been due since 2008 the opportunity to remain at the rent as set at the time of the most recent review. This move has provided a level of certainty to tenants in relation to the rental charges.
Vacant properties at the six Fishery Harbour Centres are managed in accordance with the requirements of the individual Fishery Harbour Centres and the Department of Finance issued Public Procurement Guidelines and are offered for lease as and when appropriate.
All of the properties are located within the bounds of the Fishery Harbour Centres and any necessary maintenance and security is managed by the individual Harbour Masters and staff.
Capital works at the six Fishery Harbour Centres are funded under the Fishery Harbour & Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme and the expenditure on the Programme since 2006 is set out in the following table.
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2006
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2007
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2008
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2009
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2010
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2011
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Actual Spend (millions)
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Approved (millions)
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Castletownbere
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€10.9m
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€8.1
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€7.6
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€7.9
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€4.5
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€2.7
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Dingle
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€0
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€0.3
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€1.0
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€0.41
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€1.1
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€0.61
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Dunmore East
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€0.57
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€1.2
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€0.58
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€0.6
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€0.27
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€0.94
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Howth
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€0.29
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€0.17
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€0.16
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€0.18
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€0.25
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€1.2
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Killybegs
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€2.4
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€0.49
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€0.41
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€0.43
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€0.57
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€0.8
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Rossaveel
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€0.42
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€2.1
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€3.3
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€6.6
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€1.5
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€1.6
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Total
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€14.6
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€12.4
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€13.1
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€16.1
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€8.2
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€7.9
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