Pádraig MacLochlainn
Question:276. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when funding will be provided for the completion of the breakwater at Greencastle, County Donegal. [7670/15]
View answerTuesday, 24 February 2015
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Greencastle harbour is in the ownership of Donegal County Council and responsibility for its development, repair and maintenance rests with the Local Authority in the first instance. My Department, however provides funding for the development and repair of Local Authority owned piers, harbours and slipways under the annual Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme subject to available Exchequer funding and overall national priorities.
The Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme for 2015 is currently under consideration. At this point no decisions have been made on the issuing of a call to Local Authorities for projects for 2015.
Any application submitted by Donegal County Council in respect of Greencastle under a Local Authority capital programme in 2015 or future years, will be given consideration in the context of the criteria set out, available Exchequer funding and overall national priorities.