Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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1214. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of funding for a pier (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20159/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Cleandara Pier is owned by Cork County Council and responsibility for its maintenance, repair and development rests with that Local Authority in the first instance, and its parent Department, the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government thereafter.

Under my Departments annual Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme, funding is provided to assist coastal Local Authorities in carrying out small scale projects for the development and repair of piers, harbours and slipways, owned by them, subject to available Exchequer funding and overall national priorities.

I have allocated €2.8m under this years programme to assist 13 Coastal Local Authorities undertake and complete 51 development and repair projects on harbours and slipways owned by them.

On 3rd February, initial applications under the Programme were invited from all coastal Local Authorities. Our records indicate that my Department did not receive a funding application for Cleandara Pier. Should a future application be submitted by Cork County Council in relation to this pier, it will be given due consideration.