David Cullinane
Question:1544. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the projected annual spend on storm repair of harbours for fisheries for each of the years 2017 to 2021. [25182/16]
View answerFriday, 16 September 2016
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My Department owns, manages and maintains the six State-owned Fishery Harbour Centres, located at Castletownbere, Dingle, Dunmore East, Howth, Killybegs and Ros An Mhíl. It also has responsibility for North Harbour Cape Clear, and a limited number of piers, lights and beacons in accordance with the 1902 ex-congested Districts Board piers, lights and Beacons Act.
Under its annual Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme, my Department provides funding, subject to available Exchequer funding and overall national priorities, to assist Local Authorities in the development and repair of piers, harbours and slipways under their control. Responsibility for the repair, maintenance and development of the Local Authority piers and harbours rest with that local authority in the first instance and its parent Department, the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government.
Given the annual nature of funding allocation decisions, no funding has been allocated to spend on storm repairs of harbours for fisheries for the years 2017 to 2021 at this point.