Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Question 326: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the assessment which has been made of erosion of the coastline between Killiney and Woodbrook, County Dublin; the plans that exist for coastal protection works along this stretch of coastline; the funding which has been or is being made available to the local authority for coastal protection works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31516/05]

Pat Gallagher (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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Funding was made available to Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council for the commissioning of consultancy studies of coastal erosion on the stretch of coast at Killiney, County Dublin, in the years 1995 to 1996 amounting to a total of €219,030. Arising from these studies, coast protection works were funded in the years 1999 to 2004 amounting to a total of €321,763. In the current year an amount of €303,750 has been offered to Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council for coastal protection works in the Killiney area.

The stretch of coast between Killiney, County Dublin, and Carnsore Point, County Wexford, is the subject of a detailed pilot study as part of the national coastal protection strategy study. Vulnerability of the coastline to erosion is one of the matters being examined. It is expected the results of the pilot study will be available in 2006. The question of funding coast protection works in the Killiney area in 2006 will depend on the amount of Exchequer funding available for coast protection works and overall national priorities.