Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 19 November 2015
114. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the deepening of the harbour in Daingean Uí Chúis in County Kerry for large ships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41040/15]
View answerDingle Fishery Harbour Centre is one of the six designated Fishery Harbour Centres which are owned, managed and maintained by my Department under Statute. My Department carried out investigations in relation to deepening the main navigation channel into Dingle Harbour some time ago. These investigation works involved a Dredging Study Report, incorporating Hydrodynamic Modelling, Benthic Studies and Chemical & Radiological Analysis of the sediments. In advance of any consideration of progressing a dredging project further, consulting engineers would have to be procured, a detailed design completed, and the necessary consents obtained.
As with all other developments in the six Fishery Harbour Centres, a dredging project at Dingle Fishery Harbour Centre will be considered under future Capital Programmes on the basis of available exchequer funding and competing priorities.
