Eamon Gilmore
Ceist:96 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources if he will provide funding to extend and complete the development at the Boatcove, Ardmore, County Waterford. [11279/98]
Written Answers. - Harbours and Piers.
The harbour infrastructure at Ardmore is owned by Waterford County Council and responsibility for its repair and maintenance rests with the local authority.
My Department provided grant aid of £45,000 to Waterford County Council in 1995 to support an overall investment of £75,000 in improvement works at Ardmore. The county council has not to date made any proposal to the Department concerning further development works at Ardmore. Any proposals would, moreover, have to be considered in the context of the limited funding available for fishery harbours development and the need for that funding to be focused in the first instance on the key strategic fishing ports.