Brian O'Shea (Waterford, Labour)
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Question 157: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 351 of 3 November 2009, if 100% funding for coastal protection works in County Waterford will be considered in view of the low commercial rates base in the county and the financial difficulties being experienced by the county council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41344/09]

Martin Mansergh (Tipperary South, Fianna Fail)
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The Coastal Protection Programme for 2009 was formulated on the basis of OPW providing 90 percent of the cost of the funding for approved Coastal Protection Works. The balance of the funding i.e 10 percent is a matter for the relevant Local Authorities. No applications for funding for coastal works for 2009 were received from Co. Waterford. The OPW will be considering proposals from the Local Authorities for the 2010 Coastal Protection Programme early in the New Year. The OPW has no plans to provide 100 per cent funding for Coastal Protection Works.