Dáil Éireann Debate, Monday - 11 September 2017
1315. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the length of time sites (details supplied) at the entrance to the Dunmore East fisheries harbour have been out of business; and when the last lease or rental income was received by his Department from these properties. [37598/17]
View answerDunmore East Fishery Harbour Centre is one of the six designated Fishery Harbour Centres which are owned and managed by my Department under Statute.
The majority of the properties/sites in the Dunmore East property portfolio are occupied by a variety of public and commercial bodies which support the Fishery Harbour Centre’s role as a working fishery harbour in addition to a broad range of other marine activities.
I am not in a position to comment on the financial and business position of individual companies as it would not be appropriate to do so. The sites referred to by the Deputy are currently legally occupied, albeit unused. However, my Department is engaged in a legal process with the aim of obtaining vacant possession of the sites in question.
