Terence Flanagan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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379. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a building in Howth Fishery Harbour (details supplied) in County Dublin will be available during the upcoming tendering process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23711/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Howth Fishery Harbour Centre is one of the six designated Fishery Harbour Centres, which are owned, managed and maintained by my Department under Statute. The Coast Guard plays a vital role in rescuing people from danger at sea or on land, and in support of this my Department has facilitated the locating of Coast Guard Units and their Stationhouses at Howth, Castletownbere, Ros An Mhíl and Killybegs Fishery Harbour Centres in view of the strategic location of these centres around the coast.

  My Department endeavours to accommodate the full needs of the Coast Guard at these Centres insofar as possible having regard to the need to ensure that day to day harbour operations are maintained.  While appearing vacant this property which the Deputy is enquiring about is occupied by the organisation specified by the Deputy and another private company and is not available for tender.

Terence Flanagan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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380. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 457 of 9 June 2015, if he will confirm the purpose for which his Department is currently using the land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23720/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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I can inform the Deputy that the area concerned is fenced to place dry waste skips, wooden pallets and fishing net material.

For dry waste, skips are ordered when a certain amount of waste accumulates and then removed from the precincts of the Fishery Harbour Centre. The area is in ongoing use as a place to keep these skips, which, from that location, may be attended if required during and outside of normal harbour working hours and also at weekends. As with all operational issues, my Department will keep the matter under review and will liaise directly with the Coast Guard should the position change.