Charlie McConalogue (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 370: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the contact he has had with Northern Ireland agencies and his Northern Ireland counterpart in attempting to get the Foyle ferry re-established and subsidised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34063/11]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 371: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made in finding a solution towards the re-establishment of the Lough Foyle ferry service in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34067/11]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 370 and 371 together.

I have no function in relation to the matters raised in the Questions which are the responsibility of the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport and Donegal County Council. However, following receipt of a representation from Deputy Joe McHugh, Co-Chair of the British Irish Parliamentary Assembly, I took the opportunity, while attending the North-South Ministerial Council (Environment Sector) meeting on Friday 21 October 2011, to raise this issue with Danny Kennedy, MLA, Minister for Regional Development in Northern Ireland. Minister Kennedy undertook to look into the matter.