Funding has been approved for three projects at Seafield Pier – Photo: Ann O’Connell
Eight projects at five allocations in West and North Clare have been awarded over €330,000 in funding as part of a €38.3m Capital Investment Package for the ongoing development of Ireland’s publicly owned harbour network.
The funding for the 79 Local Authority Harbours across 12 coastal Local Authorities has been announced by Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue TD.
The Clare projects are at Bournapeaka Pier (Ballyaughan); Seafield Pier, Quilty; Doolin Pier; Carrowmore Slipway, Doonbeg; Seafield Pier, Quilty; Doonmore Pier, Doonbeg and Carrigaholt (old) Pier.
3rd May 2021
€6.8m has been provided for the Dinish Island pier extension at Castletownbere in West Cork. The 2021 programme sees a 35% increase in funding for Local Authority harbours. see details below.
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue TD, announced this morning details of a €38.3m Capital Investment Package for the ongoing development of Ireland’s publicly owned harbour network including 79 Local Authority Harbours across 12 coastal Local Authorities.
See funding allocations below
In announcing the 2021 programme, the Minister said, “I am delighted to announce this €38.3 million capital investment package in our six Fishery Harbour Centres and 79 Local Authority owned piers and harbours around our coast which underlines the importance this Government places on the contribution of the wider Seafood sector to Ireland’s economy and to rural coastal communities in particular.”
Marine Minister Addresses Inaugural Meeting of Seafood Sector Taskforce
10th March 2021
Minister for Agriculture Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue T.D.
The Minister for Agriculture Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue T.D., today addressed the inaugural meeting of the Seafood Sector Taskforce, established by the Minister to make recommendations on measures to mitigate the impacts on the Irish Fishing industry, and on the coastal communities that depend on fisheries, of the fish quota share reductions arising from the EU/UK Trade & Cooperation Agreement.
Addressing the Taskforce, Minister McConalogue said, “The outcome of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement will lead to a loss of €43 million per year in fish quotas for our fisheries sector, with knock-on effects on marine support industries and our coastal communities. The quota reductions in some of our most important stocks will be felt immediately by our fishing industry when the full annual EU quotas for 2021