Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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691. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to detail each fishery harbour centre that was allocated capital funding since 1 January 2023 to date in 2025; and the total amount allocated to each fishery harbour centre since that date, in tabular form. [34059/25]

Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael)
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My Department owns, operates and maintains six designated State-owned Fishery Harbour Centres, located at Castletownbere, Dingle, Dunmore East, Howth, Killybegs and Ros An Mhíl, under statute.

Every year, my Department allocates funding under the Fishery Harbour Centre and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme, which contains details of the capital projects planned for each Fishery Harbour Centre in the coming year. Since 2023, almost €84.8 million has been allocated by my Department for capital works in the Fishery Harbour Centres.

My predecessor, Minister McConalogue, announced funding of almost €34.8 million for the Fishery Harbour Centres in 2023, and funding of almost €27 million for 2024.

In March, Minister Dooley and I announced a capital investment package of €23 million for the six Fishery Harbour Centres as part of the 2025 Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme. The allocation included capital commitments for ongoing projects and the planned commencement of some new projects.

All projects are subject to rigorous project management processes - including design, tender action and implementation stages - and ongoing monitoring, evaluation and review, in accordance with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform’s Capital Works Management Framework and the Infrastructure Guidelines. Additionally, many projects are subject to environmental and other assessments, and statutory permitting.

My Department periodically reviews the annual capital allocation and reallocates accordingly within the overall Programme in the event of projects being delayed or postponed. As requested, the attached table details the funding allocated by my Department to the Fishery Harbour Centres in the period 2023-2025. This may differ from the actual expenditure per Fishery Harbour Centre within this period.