Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 204: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position in relation to the grant aid of €2.54 million, approved in relation to the provision of a breakwater at Baltimore Harbour on 26 April 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16958/05]

Pat Gallagher (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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Unfortunately, owing to budgetary constraints, no funding is available within the Department under the seaports measure of the National Development Plan 2000-2006 to progress the development of the harbour. The very limited resources at my disposal are to be concentrated on urgent safety works to protect the public and the fabric of the regional harbours. An official from the engineering division of the Department inspected Baltimore and Skibbereen harbours in June 2004 to carry out an assessment of its condition and no works requiring immediate attention were identified during that inspection.