Expenditure on coastal protection over the period of the national development plan will be £41 million, 52 million. The programme is targeting serious and urgent cases of coastal erosion on a value for money basis through prioritised multi-annual programmes in consultation with local authorities. The coastal protection programme is being underpinned by a new research and development programme which will inform the national coast protection strategy up to 2015.
Funding of £118,062, 149,908, was allocated this year to Louth County Council towards phase 2 protection works at Annagassan costing a total of £157,416, 199,877. A further £30,000, 38,092, was recently allocated to Louth County Council to carry out urgent coastal protection works at Salterstown, County Louth.