Ned O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 131: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if additional funding has been announced recently in respect of a special programme in addition to a funding announcement he made a number of months ago (details supplied). [15766/07]

John Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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Ballycotton Pier is owned by Cork County Council and responsibility for its maintenance, repair and upkeep rests with the Local Authority in the first instance.

In 2006, the Department allocated funding of €375,000 which represented 75% of the total project cost of €500,000. The allocation was for part of Phase 1 of the development involving sheet piling to the pier.

I have recently received an application for funding under the Department's 2007 Harbours and Coastal Infrastructure Programme from Cork County Council to complete the sheet piling at the pier in 2007.

I hope to shortly be in a position to announce my Departments Harbours and Coastal Infrastructure Programme 2007. All funding approvals are based on available Exchequer funding and overall national priorities going forward.