Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

This is something the Deputy and I have discussed on several occasions. As he will be aware, I have granted unprecedented funding to piers and harbours throughout the country. In normal years, €3 million or €4 million would be spent on local authority piers in any one year. In the past year, I have allocated almost €40 million to piers and harbours, many of which are in Cork. I worked closely with Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan to deliver them. He updated me recently on the situation in Union Hall. The onus is on the county council to do the preparatory works and put the application together and to submit it to me.

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