Thomas Pringle (Donegal South West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

In regard to the allocation towards piers and harbours of €8.8 million, which has to be welcomed, what is the Department's estimate of the full cost of the damage to piers and harbours throughout the country? In order to allocate €8.8 million, there must be an estimate of the total cost and I would be interested to see how much of the total cost is being met with that allocation of €8.8 million.

As I understand it, unless this has been changed in the past year or two, the local authority co-funding requirement is 25% for Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine grants, or at least that was the situation when I was on Donegal County Council.