Emer Currie (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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198. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are any funding streams available for the Carlingford Lough Commission for the maintenance of navigational equipment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36685/25]

Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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On 17th June An Taoiseach, responding to a related PQ, stated that maritime safety policy is a responsibility of the Minister for Transport, Darragh O’Brien TD. Furthermore, the Taoiseach advised that the Department for Transport is not considering funding for civil society organisations involved in navigational safety, through the Shared Island Fund or otherwise, and engagement with such groups is a matter for relevant ports and local authorities in the first instance.

The Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment does not have responsibility for transport including marine transport and therefore does not have funding or funding streams for the purchase of marine vessels.