Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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-----breakwater that is tied up. It needs additional funding for completion. There is no capital line for this in any Department budget. The appropriate place for it is in this Department as this was the previous parent Department. This has been pushed from pillar to post and I have no doubt it is the same for other harbours. There is money in local authorities for small jobs, which is useful, but there must also be a capital line for much larger infrastructure projects, similar to the capital line that was previously in Departments. I am interested in the Minister's comments and whether we can get a commitment that the Department will be the lead the Department. Will it set up that budget line? Could we have a timescale?