Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the paid parking arrangements that are in place at Rossaveal Harbour, County Galway and Dingle Harbour, County Kerry; if he will also confirm if there are no businesses located within the paid parking area within Rossaveal Harbour and if users of Dingle Harbour use a code system that allows them to enter and depart the paid parking area for free; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11254/13]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The Department operates a car park at Rossaveel Fishery Harbour Centre as a public amenity serving tourists and other members of the public using the ferries to the Aran Islands. There are a number of businesses operating within the boundary of the Fishery Harbour Centre at Rossaveel. The car park is also located within the boundary of the Fishery Harbour Centre. There are 276 spaces in this car park, which is managed by a professional car parking company on a revenue sharing basis. There are also three private pay car parks within the Fishery Harbour Centre operated by the ferry company, and the current parking rates for those car parks are not known.

Dingle was designated as a Fishery Harbour Centre in 2007. A paid parking arrangement is in place the Harbour, operated by Kerry County Council on lands leased to Kerry County Council by the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine. The Department has no role in controlling access to the Kerry County Council parking areas, or collecting parking dues.

Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on paid parking arrangements for Kilmore Quay Harbour, County Wexford and if it is true that paid parking at the harbour had to be discontinued because of the impact on local businesses; in view of this, if he will urgently reverse his decision to introduce paid parking in Howth Harbour, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11255/13]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Kilmore Quay, although an important fishing harbour and marina, is not a designated Fishery Harbour Centre under the Fishery Harbour Centres Act, 1968, and accordingly I have no responsibility for its management. The Deputy should address any enquiries as to the management of parking at Kilmore Quay to Wexford County Council. As I have said in response to a number of questions recently, I am considering the introduction of paid parking in Howth Fishery Harbour; I am reviewing all aspects of the matter at present and I will let the Deputy know the outcome as soon as decision is made.