Tony McLoughlin (Sligo-Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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604. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will give consideration to fund a project for a local community (details supplied) in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19584/16]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Rosses Point Pier is owned by Sligo County Council and responsibility for the maintenance and development of the pier rests with that local authority in the first instance and its parent Department, the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government. However, under its annual Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme, my Department provides funding, subject to available Exchequer funding and overall national priorities, to assist Local Authorities in the development and repair of piers, harbours and slipways under their control.

My Department received an application for works at Rosses Point Pier from Sligo County Council under the 2016 Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme. The proposed works did not have the necessary foreshore consent in place for works to commence and therefore did not meet the criteria for consideration of funding.

Should further applications be received from Sligo County Council in respect of Rosses Point Pier under future Capital Programmes with the necessary permits in place, they will be considered subject to the criteria set out, available funding and competing priorities.