Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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Question 187: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding is available to repair a slipway (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25953/12]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Dooks Slipway, Glenbeigh is in the ownership of Kerry County Council and responsibility for its repair and maintenance rests with the Local Authority in the first instance.

My Department did receive an application from Kerry County Council for funding for a total of 7 projects for inclusion in the 2012 Fishery Harbour & Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme. No application for funding in respect of Dooks Slipway was received from Kerry County Council. The 2012 programme has now been finalised and all offers of funding have been issued.

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