Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 206: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the procedures which should be followed in cases in which local authorities appoint members to a harbour authority; when these procedures commenced; if new procedures are proposed; and when new procedures will come into force. [9092/05]

Pat Gallagher (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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Sections 7, 9, as amended by section 81 of the Electoral Act 1963, and 10 of the Harbours Act 1946 govern the holding of harbour elections and the appointment of local authority members to harbour authorities. Section 19 of the Harbours Act 1946 specifies the grounds on which a person shall be disqualified from being appointed to a harbour authority. There are no plans to amend these sections of the Harbours Act 1946.

Government policy in regard to the future of regional harbours operating under the Harbours Act 1946 is set out in the ports policy statement published in January 2005 by the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources. This policy statement is available to view on the Department's web site at www.dcmnr.ie.