John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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271. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the discussions he has had with Enterprise Ireland regarding involving it in the State fishery ports and the marketing of products within these ports. [46152/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, owns and directly manages six Fishery Harbour Centres located at Howth, Dunmore East, Castletownbere, Ros an Mhíl, Killybegs and An Daingean.

Following the publication of the Public Accounts Committee Report on the Fishery Harbour Centres in June this year, and subsequent correspondences with the Committee, my Department met with Enterprise Ireland on the 7 July and discussed the possibilities of making properties available to potential clients of Enterprise Ireland, should suitable project proposals come forward.

My Department undertook to keep Enterprise Ireland informed of the available sites on an ongoing basis and to keep lines of communication open generally. In furtherance of this aim another meeting with Enterprise Ireland is being scheduled for a date in January 2016.