Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 February 2017
665. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a new coastguard facility will be provided in Cleggan, Connemara, County Galway at the airstrip there; the facilities in place at present to the coastguard for changing after callouts and for debriefing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6076/17]
View answerThe Cleggan Volunteer Coast Guard Unit, which is designated as a shoreline search unit, is currently operating out of an old Coast Guard station, traditionally designated as a Rocket House. The Coast Guard, which is a Division of my Department, is committed to securing a more suitable base or site, on which to situate the local unit. My Department has requested the Office of Public Works to apply for planning permission to Galway County Council with a view to erecting a structure on a site at Cleggan owned by Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. I am advised by the OPW that preparations of the necessary documentation for submission to Galway County Council are underway.
