State funding for coast protection was transferred from the Commissioners of Public Works to the Department of the Marine on 1 January 1990. The expenditure from the Vote for the Office of Public Works in 1989 on coast protection was £90,528.41. The funds were expended on the maintenance of a number of completed schemes. The expenditure by my Department on coast protection in 1990 was £1,049,753.68 and, apart from maintenance of completed schemes, a new capital scheme at Arklow north beach was undertaken. None of the above works benefited from EC funding.
As regards the national lottery, I have no details of any funds derived from that source which may have benefited coast protection works.
As regards amenity programmes, there is a grants scheme for improvement works to beaches which is administered by the Minister for the Environment.