Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 28 March 2017
433. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the funding for the fishery harbour and coastal infrastructure development programme 2017 will be announced; and when funding will be made available to the relevant local authorities. [14827/17]
View answerOn 5th February, I announced details of the 2017 Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Capital Programme. I have approved funding of €28m for the overall Programme, with €2.5m being allocated for the 2017 Local Authority Harbour Development and Marine Leisure programme.
On the 3rd February 2017, Local Authorities were invited to submit prioritised lists of projects for consideration. Detailed applications were then requested from Local Authorities for short-listed projects on 1st March and the closing date for receipt of these applications was 10th March. At present, the finalized suite of projects is under consideration.
