Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)
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Question 227: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the details of the proposed development of leisure marinas in County Donegal; the amount of state or local authority funding that is available any such marinas; the procedures followed in the analysis of such support mechanisms, in particularly with regards to the existence of other private developments in the same county. [27025/05]

Pat Gallagher (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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I understand that Donegal County Council has adopted a marine and water-based leisure and tourism initiative and that a strategic review was undertaken for the council to advise on development opportunities in relation to the number and scale of marinas required to support this initiative. The availability of any local authority funding for marina opportunities would be a matter for Donegal County Council.

While I am advised that applications have been made for funding for marina projects in County Donegal under the port infrastructure and marine safety measure of the INTERREG IIIA Ireland-Northern Ireland programme, the Department acts only as implementing agent in conjunction with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Northern Ireland. Evaluation procedures advised by the special EU programmes body are in accordance with the INTERREG IIIA operational programme whereby projects applying for funding under the port infrastructure and marine safety measure of the INTERREG programme under which marina developments may apply are subject to scrutiny in relation to displacement in terms of the extent to which the project would affect similar activities-projects either positively or negatively. The amount of funds available under the INTERREG IIIA measures is a matter of public record.