Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 February 2018
469. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when applications will be invited from local authorities for the development and maintenance of piers under the fishery harbour development scheme; the amount of funding that has been allocated to the scheme in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6858/18]
View answerThe responsibility for the development, and maintenance of Local Authority owned piers, harbours and slipways rests with each Local Authority in the first instance and their parent Department, the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government thereafter.
However, as part of its annual Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme, my Department provides limited funding to assist coastal Local Authorities in carrying out small scale projects for the development and repair of piers, harbours and slipways in their ownership.
I am pleased to inform the Deputy that I have approved funding of €2m for the Local Authority element of my Departments 2018 Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme.
On 31 January 2018 Local Authorities were invited to submit prioritised lists of projects for consideration. The closing date for receipt of these applications is 14th February 2018. Following this, detailed applications will be requested from Local Authorities for short-listing and the finalized suite of projects will be prepared.
