Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 27 March 2018
Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised)
3:30 pm
Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
There is a specific line in the capital budget for investment in the six local fishery harbour centres. There are other harbours outside of those which are really starved of any investment funding. Small allocations are given on an annual basis to local authorities to contribute to them but there is no significant funding being directed to them. I can give one example in my locality. The Minister will not be surprised to hear me mention Greencastle and he is well aware of it. Previously, the Department had provided capital funding for the location but it is not one of the fishery harbour centres. It is the next busiest port outside of those. There is a €10 million-----
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