Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 July 2022
2090. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the capital works projects that are currently ongoing in each of the fishery harbours centres under the remit of his Department; and when each of these projects will be completed in tabular form. [40569/22]
View answerMy Department owns, operates and maintains six designated State-owned Fishery Harbour Centres, located at Castletownbere, Dingle, Dunmore East, Howth, Killybegs and Ros An Mhíl under statute.
In February of this year, I announced a capital investment package of €35m for the six Fishery Harbour Centres as part of the 2022 Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme. Details of the project allocation are available in tabular form online at: www.gov.ie/en/press-release/3030f-minister-mcconalogue-to-invest-35-million-during-2022-in-Irelands-six-fishery-harbour-centres/
All projects are subject to rigorous project management processes including design, tender action and implementation stages; and ongoing monitoring, evaluation and review in accordance with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform’s Capital Works Management Framework and the Public Spending Code.
A number of the larger projects detailed in the programme including Harbour Dredging in Howth Fishery Harbour Centre and the Deep Water Quay in Ros an Mhíl Fishery Harbour Centre are multi-annual projects and will be completed in subsequent years. As many projects are subject to environmental and other assessments and statutory permitting prior to works commencing, it is not possible to advise with certainty either the commencement or completion dates.
Additionally, all contractual projects are subject to the applicable conditions of contract and as such it is necessary to follow due process in accordance with such conditions, including conditions relating to delay events, for example. I expect that the more minor works projects not requiring statutory consents will be substantially completed by year end.
