Tom Fleming (Kerry South, Independent)
Link to this: Individually | In context

Question 162: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will make the necessary funding available to Kerry County Council for a compulsory purchase order for lands required for an access road to the proposed pier at Cromane, County Kerry. [38134/11]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context

Kerry County Council proposes to construct a new pier at Cromane, County Kerry. The proposed pier will be the property of that Local Authority who will be responsible for its development, maintenance and repair.

My Department manages the Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Programme and subject to the availability of exchequer resources endeavours to provide funding for Local Authority owned piers and harbours.

No application for funding in respect of Cromane was received from Kerry County Council in 2011, but any application for funding in future years by Kerry County Council will be given consideration subject to available exchequer funding and overall national priorities.