John Perry (Sligo-North Leitrim, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As the embarkation point for 500,000 visitors to the Aran Islands, it is very much welcome that development aid provides for a dedicated ferry berth with a water depth of 3 m. Also included in this portion was provision for a limited amount of dredging in the inner harbour area and navigation channel, which has been completed. As the Minister said, a great deal of money has been spent to date. BIM is carrying out due diligence on the aquaculture potential of the area. I have no doubt that when that is on the Minister's desk, there will be a debate in the Seanad on how best to progress matters.