Michael McCarthy (Cork South West, Labour)
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79. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding will be made available for a project (details supplied) in County Cork; when work will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35014/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Ballydonegan Pier is owned by Cork County Council, and responsibility for the repair and maintenance of the harbour rests with the Local Authority.

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

Under the 2015 Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme, my Department has allocated €48,750 in grant aid to Cork County Council for the works referred to by the Deputy. These works are being carried out by the Council and I would direct the Deputy to the Local Authority for an update on the progress of the project.