Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 4 October 2017
171. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding will be provided for the development of Leenan pier, Inishowen, County Donegal; if Donegal County Council will be advised to make an application in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42036/17]
View answer174. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding will be provided for the development of Leenan pier, Inishowen, County Donegal; and if Donegal County Council will be advised to make an application in this regard. [42055/17]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 171 and 174 together.
Leenan Pier, Inishowen, is owned by Donegal County Council and responsibility for its maintenance, repair and development rests with Donegal County Council in the first instance and its parent Department, the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government thereafter.
My Department does provide limited funding to assist coastal Local Authorities in carrying 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. I have allocated over €3.5 million for these purposes under this year's Programme.
Records indicate that my Department did not receive a funding application under the 2017 Programme for Leenan Pier. In 2012, Donegal County Council did apply for funding in respect of Leenan Pier for the purposes of the installation of a crane, I am happy to inform the Deputy that on that occasion they received almost €83,000 in funding for that project.
Should an application be submitted by Donegal County Council in relation to this pier in the future, it will be given due consideration within the terms and conditions of the Programme.
Question No. 172 answered with Question No. 169.
