Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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In November 2021, my Department was granted planning permission for a 77 berth extension to the small craft harbour with a car park and ancillary infrastructure at Ros an Mhíl Fishery Harbour Centre. Initially, it was planned to dredge the area and dump the material at sea. However, on review, it is considered better value for money, together with the environmental and sustainability benefits, to re-use the dredged materials to reclaim land, and thereby increasing the potential for future development. This change required a further planning application for the reclamation area which was granted by Galway County Council on the 6th March 2023 and thereafter will require a waste licence application. It is planned to progress the waste licence application in 2024. When all the necessary consents are granted the Department will be in a position to progress the project.

Notably, in 2023, €20.286m was spent on capital projects in Ros an Mhíl Fishery Harbour Centre. My Department's priority at Ros an Mhíl remains delivery of the Deep Water Quay project and I am happy to advise that works are progressing well and are scheduled for completion in March 2025.