Written answers

Tuesday, 21 November 2023

Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport

Coast Guard Service

Photo of Michael RingMichael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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144. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a new facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50633/23]

Photo of Jack ChambersJack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The Irish Coast Guard Building Programme is delivered by the Office of Public Works (OPW) and funded by my Department. The provision of a new station building for the Ballyglass/ Belmullet Coast Guard Unit is part of the new build programme. OPW are currently working to identify the most suitable site to provide this facility for the Unit.

OPW’s internal Property Acquisition Section (PAS) has recently completed a full trawl and investigation of the market to identify any possible options that would be suitable to provide a new facility for the unit.

OPW Property Management has received a report from PAS outlining a number of possible options and a senior architect has been appointed to the project team to carry out the feasibility studies of these sites. This process is currently underway and Property Management are expecting feedback shortly.

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