Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 September 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications

Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company: Discussion with Chairperson Designate

11:15 am

Ms Eithne Scott-Lennon:

Our plan has phased stages, the most progressed of which is the urban beach project, which we are undertaking in conjunction with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. We are hoping that it will be ready for planning in the latter part of this year. It is going through the public consultation process. A stakeholder group has been set up to develop the cruise ship facility. The harbour company will need to commit some resources to the planning, but it will not necessarily be the main contributor. It is a combination of contributions from the county council, which has committed to doing so, the harbour company and the local community and business associations. As I have often been reminded by the Department, there is no money in the Exchequer. We are conscious that we must be resourceful in our fund-raising efforts, particularly regarding the diaspora centre, which will rely on a combination of philanthropic, commercial and other funding sources, for example, the European Investment Bank, EIB.

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