Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Over the weekend, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy McConalogue, announced funding for Killybegs Harbour Centre. On the face of it, this is very welcome funding and is very badly needed. He announced €8.75 million in funding for that centre. However, in July last year, he announced €9.2 million - inflation saved a little there - and the year before that he announced €10.5 million. In 2019, an announcement of €5 million was made and in 2017 funding of €6.2 million was announced. What is the actual amount that has been allocated to Killybegs in 2022? I assume it is probably approximately €1 million or something like that, but it is a cumulate amount that is added on all the time. If that is the amount that is added, it raises further questions as to why the pier extension in Killybegs has already cost €40 million. What is the story on this?

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