Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 November 2016
640. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of previously suggested proposals to install a breakwater at Greencastle Harbour in County Donegal; if consideration is being actively given to the plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34583/16]
View answerGreencastle Harbour is owned by Donegal County Council and responsibility for its development, repair and maintenance rests with that Local Authority in the first instance and its’ parent Department, the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government.
My Department however provides limited funding to assist Local Authorities carry out small scale projects 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 primary focus of the Fishery Harbour & Coastal Infrastructure Capital Development Programme which the Department administers on an annual basis is to provide funding for capital works at the six Fishery Harbour Centres for which my Department has responsibility.
Any application submitted by Donegal County Council in respect of Greencastle Harbour under a future Local Authority capital programme, will be given consideration in the context of the criteria set out, available Exchequer funding and overall national priorities.
