Michael Cahill (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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1741. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for a detailed progress report on improvement works to the slipway at Renard Pier, County Kerry, to facilitate a larger ferry and the increasing number of visitors to Valentia Island; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20440/25]

Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael)
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The responsibility for the development and maintenance of Renard Pier rests with Kerry County Council in the first instance, and with its parent department, the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage thereafter. In regard to the widening of the slipway to accommodate a larger ferry, I understand that the contract to provide the ferry service to Valentia Island was awarded by Kerry County Council and as such, any detailed progress report regarding improvement works at Renard Pier would be a matter for Kerry County Council.