Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance)
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1158. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will list, in order of priority, the projects Sligo County Council submitted for consideration for funding under the 2013 Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme; the projects that did not comply with his Department’s criteria; the projects that were approved for funding under the 2013 programme including the level of grant aid approved; the amount of matching funding Sligo County Council will have to provide to avail of the grant aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36963/13]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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On 18 December, 2012 this Department invited all coastal Local Authorities to submit in order of priority a list of projects for consideration for funding under the 2013 Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme. Sligo County Council submitted the following list of projects for consideration under the programme:

Sligo County Council’s application for funding at Pullnadivva Pier was approved under the programme. The funding approved is capped at a maximum of €63,750 or 75% of the total project cost whichever is the lesser.

Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance)
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1159. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason Sligo County Council’s application for funding for Mullaghmore Harbour, under the 2013 Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme, was unsuccessful; in what respect did the Councils application not meet the qualifying criteria; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a sand bank has built up at the entrance to the harbour creating a hazard for boat users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36964/13]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Mullaghmore Harbour is owned by Sligo County Council and responsibility for its repair and maintenance rests with the Local Authority in the first instance.

My Department, however, provides funding for the development and repair of Local Authority owned piers and slipways under the annual Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme subject to available Exchequer funding and overall national priorities.

All coastal Local Authorities were invited to submit, in order of priority, a list of capital projects for consideration under the 2013 programme. My Department received an application from Sligo County Council for funding for a total of 5 projects, of which the Mullaghmore Harbour Bay Study was identified as the fifth project in order of priority.

When assessing projects for inclusion in the programme priority was given to projects were ready for build and had any necessary consents over funding for studies and design works. The application from Sligo County Council was in respect of funding for a Bay Study at Mullaghmore Harbour and was identified by the Local Authority as their lowest priority project.

Any application received from Sligo County Council under the Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme in future years will be given due consideration.