Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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Question 452: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on a project (details supplied) in County Mayo. [37272/11]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The piers at Kilcummin, Carrowmore Lacken and Killala are the property of Mayo County Council and responsibility for their repair and upkeep rests with the Local Authority in the first instance.

Earlier this year my Department invited coastal Local Authorities to submit applications in respect of priority harbour development projects for inclusion in its 2011 Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme. My Department received an application from Mayo County Council for funding for a total of 2 projects. The application identified works at Killala Pier as Mayo County Council's first priority but did not include Kilcummin Pier or Carrowmore Lacken.

I can confirm that the application in respect of Killala was successful and I have approved funding for the repair of Killala Old Pier under my Departments 2011 Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme.

Any application for funding in future years by Mayo County Council will be given consideration subject to available exchequer funding and overall national priorities.