Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 July 2013
995. Deputy Paudie Coffey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount of capital funding his Department has allocated to the piers in Helvick Head, Ballinacourty and Dungarvan Harbour in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35335/13]
View answerHelvick Pier, Ballinacourty and Dungarvan Harbour are in the ownership of Waterford County Council and responsibility for their repair and upkeep rests with that Local Authority in the first instance.
Under the Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme my Department has provided funding for the development and repair of Local Authority owned piers and slipways subject to the availability of Exchequer funding.
In relation to the piers mentioned by the Deputy there has been no capital funding provided by my Department from 2008 to 2012 inclusive. However I am pleased to inform the Deputy that in 2013 funding in the order of €380,000 has been allocated as follows to these piers from my Department’s Programme.
|
Piers |
€ |
|
Ballinacourty |
€112,500 |
|
Helvick Slipway |
€78,750 |
|
Helvick Pier |
€112,500 |
|
Dungarvan Harbour |
€75,000 |
