Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, United Left)
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124. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has received an application from Sligo County Council for funding for vessel access and harbour/pier repairs at Rosses Point, County Sligo, under his Department’s marine leisure and coastal infrastructure development programme; when a decision is expected to be made on the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27428/14]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Rosses Point is in the ownership of Sligo County Council and responsibility for its development, repair and maintenance rests with the Local Authority in the first instance. My Department, however, provides funding for the development and repair of Local Authority owned piers, harbours and slipways under the annual Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme subject to available Exchequer funding and overall national priorities.

On 1 May 2014 all coastal Local Authorities were requested to submit applications for funding under the 2014 Fishery Harbour & Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme. On receipt of the initial applications from Local Authorities my Department compiled a shortlist of projects on which further background information was requested. When shortlisting projects for consideration under the programme, priority was given to capital works which were ready for build and with all necessary consents in place, over funding for studies, design works and planning preparations.

The application received from Sligo County Council was for funding in respect of planning applications, foreshore licence and design fees for this project at Rosses Point. This project did not meet with the criteria of the programme and therefore was not shortlisted for further consideration. Any application submitted by Sligo County Council in respect of capital works at Rosses Point under the Capital Programme in future years will be given consideration based on the availability of Exchequer funding and overall national priorities.