Danny Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. I remind him and the Ministers that small piers locally, including in Kilmakilloge, Coornagillagh and Blackwater, have been crying out for maintenance funding for safety projects and other things for the past several years.

Returning to Kenmare, the local authority must work in conjunction with the Department of the marine and the OPW. The local authority has acquired a lot of the land at the back of the pier. This needs to be explored. We all need to work together. I am disappointed Kerry County Council did not put in application for this year. One would have thought it would have done so. I am asking that we progress this matter. To be fair to Kenmare town, it has wonderful hostelries-----

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