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Dáil Éireann - Volume 283 - 01 July, 1975 Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Piers and Slipways. County Donegal Pier and Crane. Mr. Blaney Mr. Blaney 15. Mr. Blaney asked the Minister for Finance the progress that has been made on the improvement of Sladanavoohogue Pier, Fanad, County Donegal to date; and if he will state (a) the amount of money spent (b) the amount yet available and (c) the cost of bringing a dragline to the site. Mr. Kenny Mr. Kenny Mr. Kenny: The work, for which a grant of £36,000 was made available, has been in progress since November, 1974. Good progress has been made on the pier and £17,000 has been spent. However, the local users have asked for modifications and these proposals have been transmitted for consideration to Roinn na Gaeltachta who are sponsoring the scheme. The cost of transporting the dragline was £1,300. Mr. Blaney Mr. Blaney 105 Mr. Blaney: Would the Parliamentary Secretary ask for some investigation into the exorbitantly high cost of bringing this dragline to the site for the relatively small amount of work to be done? Would he also investigate whether or not, for the major portion of the time since it arrived on site, it has been sitting [105] there doing nothing? Would he find out if it is being charged against the job for the days and weeks it has not been operating? Mr. Kenny Mr. Kenny Mr. Kenny: I will answer what I can at the moment. This was a normal but necessarily expensive operation. A dragline had to be brought in. It was taken from the Murrow coast protection scheme, County Wicklow, and brought to Sladanavoohogue Pier, Fanad, County Donegal, together with ancillary equipment, jobs, buckets and so on. It involved two heavy vehicles, a low-loader and a lorry, and had to be accompanied by a scout van. The operation involved a staff of five. Mr. Blaney Mr. Blaney Mr. Blaney: How long did it take? Mr. Kenny Mr. Kenny Mr. Kenny: I do not know the number of days it took them. Mr. Blaney Mr. Blaney Mr. Blaney: It would have been weeks rather than days. Mr. Kenny Mr. Kenny Mr. Kenny: I do not know. I will inquire into the other matters raised by the Deputy. Mr. Blaney Mr. Blaney Mr. Blaney: Will the Parliamentary Secretary also inquire whether it was necessary to move this machinery from the east coast to the north-west coast when in the north of Donegal a dragline of similar dimensions was not fully occupied? This dragline has been moved somewhere else since, maybe down south. Mr. Kenny Mr. Kenny Mr. Kenny: I will inquire into that matter also. Mr. Blaney Mr. Blaney Mr. Blaney: I should like to ask the Parliamentary Secretary whether, due to the requests which the fishermen have made to have alterations made to the outline of the proposed improvements which has been referred to Roinn na Gaeltachta, if these alterations are considered favourably we can expect that any additional finance required will be forthcoming to cover the desirable alterations in the scheme? Mr. Kenny Mr. Kenny Mr. Kenny: Does the Deputy know what the fishermen can do without? Mr. Blaney Mr. Blaney 106 Mr. Blaney: It is not so much what they want but what they have omitted. should it happen that the alterations cost more than has been provided can [106] we expect that the additional finance will be made available through Roinn na Gaeltachta? Mr. Kenny Mr. Kenny Mr. Kenny: It may be made available but there will have to be a contribution from the county council. Mr. Cunningham Mr. Cunningham 16. Mr. Cunningham asked the Minister for Finance when repairs will be carried out to the crane at Malin Head pier, County Donegal. Mr. Kenny Mr. Kenny Mr. Kenny: The crane is maintainable by the Donegal County Council. Mr. Cunningham Mr. Cunningham Mr. Cunningham: Did the Parliamentary Secretary inquire as to whether any arrangements were being made for the repair of this crane? Mr. Kenny Mr. Kenny Mr. Kenny: The only repair necessary is that the shaft has to be straightened. This is a matter for Donegal County Council. I am sure the Deputy, being a member of the county council, will inquire. Mr. Cunningham Mr. Cunningham Mr. Cunningham: Whatever about the first half of the reply the latter part of the Parliamentary Secretary's reply is incorrect. I am not a member of Donegal County Council. Mr. Kenny Mr. Kenny Mr. Kenny: I thought the Deputy was. The Deputy should ask his colleague who will look after it for him. Dáil Éireann 283 Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. Piers and Slipways. County Donegal Pier and Crane. Questions 19750701
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