Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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1213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department can fund the Buncrana to Rathmullan and the Greencastle to Magilligan ferries in County Donegal to build on the potential of the Wild Atlantic Way. [13544/17]

Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael)
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My Department has no function in the provision or subsidisation of ferry services for these or any other routes.

My Department provides capital funding to Fáilte Ireland, the National Tourism Development Authority, who administer and award capital grants to develop a wide range of tourism products, including the Wild Atlantic Way.  However, the Grants Scheme for Large Tourism Projects administered by Fáilte Ireland does not fund infrastructural projects such as car ferry services, which fall outside the scope of projects eligible for grant aid assistance under the scheme, when such services are not an integral part of a tourism activity, product or attraction.