A total of €705,000 is to be allocated to Donegal for its piers and harbours.
Deputy Joe McHugh
The money will be used to boost marine and leisure tourism and for the ongoing maintenance and development of piers and harbours.
The allocation has been welcomed by Deputy Joe McHugh.
“Donegal piers and harbours are set to receive €516,240 from the Department of Agriculture and the Marine, with Greencastle receiving in total €150,000 under the Harbour Development Scheme and €200,000 under the Marine Leisure and Marine Tourism scheme.
“This funding, for ongoing maintenance and development of piers and harbours, is crucial for ensuring their long term sustainability. This infrastructure is essential to the local fishing industry, which plays such an important role in our communities right across the County and the livelihood of those who work within this area.”
Today’s funding announcement comes on top of a grant in February 2014 where 28 harbours, piers and slipways around Donegal received €751,000 for damage repairs caused during the storms last winter.
2014 Harbour Development Scheme & Marine Leisure & Marine Tourism Scheme
Donegal
Burtonport
Repairs to quay wall
€100,000
€75,000
Greencastle
Repairs to quay wall
€150,000
€112,500
Greencastle
Deploy 90m of pontoons and 60m of floating breakwater
€200,000
€137,500
Rannagh Pier
Construct sea wall to connect boat yard wall to pier wall and prevent waves washing across the pier and boat yard deck
€25,000
€18,750
Curransport slipway
Erect 2 No. public lights at slipway to enhance safety for night time landings
€10,000
€7,500
Lugnadruan
Concrete deck adjacent to pier
€10,000
€7,500
Inishbofin Island
Install winch at top of existing slipway to enable the haulage of boats for storage
€30,000
€22,500
Teelin Pier
Provision of pontoon and access gangway to facilitate transport of visitors to view cliffs at Slieve League
€80,000
€60,000
Mountcharles Pier
Provision of pontoon and access gangway to facilitate rowing events. Provision of fenders at side of slipway for rowing skiffs and provision of steel stairs for accessing shore from the pier
€100,000
€75,000
Donegal Co. Co Total
€325,000
€380,000
€516,250
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