Paudie Coffey (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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995. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form the amount of capital funding his Department has allocated to the piers in Helvick Head, Ballincourty and Dungarvan Harbour in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35335/13]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Helvick Pier, Ballincourty and Dungarvan Harbour are in the ownership of Waterford County Council and responsibility for their repair and upkeep rests with that Local Authority in the first instance.

Under the Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme my Department has provided funding for the development and repair of Local Authority owned piers and slipways subject to the availability of exchequer funding.

In relation to the piers mentioned by the Deputy there has been no capital funding provided by my Department from 2008 to 2012 inclusive. However I am pleased to inform the Deputy that in 2013 funding in the order of €380,000 has been allocated as follows to these piers from my Department’s Programme.

Paudie Coffey (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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996. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form the total amount of capital investment his Deparment has allocated to Dunmore East Harbour, Passage East Harbour and Cheekpoint Harbour for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35336/13]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department administers the Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Capital Development Programme on an annual basis. Dunmore East Fishery Harbour Centre is one of the six designated Fishery Harbour Centres which are owned, managed and maintained by my Department and as such it receives funding annually on foot of the Programme. The following table shows the allocation of funding under the programme for 2008 to 2012 inclusive for Dunmore East.

Passage East Harbour and Cheekpoint Harbour are in the ownership of Waterford County Council and responsibility for their repair and upkeep rests with that Local Authority in the first instance.

Under the Fishery Harbour Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme my Department has provided funding for the development and repair of Local Authority owned piers and slipways subject to the availability of exchequer funding. The following table shows the allocation of funding under the programme for 2008 to 2012 inclusive for Passage East and Cheekpoint Harbour.

Paudie Coffey (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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997. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of money allocated by his Deparment for the upgrade of the slip in Dunmore East Harbour in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35337/13]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The harbour at Dunmore East is one of the six designated Fishery Harbour Centres which are owned, managed and maintained by my Department. Funding is made available on an annual basis by my Department to the Fishery Harbour Centres, including Dunmore East, via the Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Capital Development Programme.

I am happy to confirm to the Deputy that funding in the amount of €450,000 has been allocated to widen the slipway on the West Wharf at Dunmore East Fishery Harbour Centre under the 2013 Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme.