Éamon Ó Cuív calls for Cleganpear pier handover to local authority
Éamon Ó Cuív urged the minister to transfer full ownership of Cleganpear pier to the local authority so the council could access island development funds and properly develop the pier. He said split ownership between the County Council and the Department has stymied development.
Pier ownership and development
He told the minister that while the department had noted six harbours and the addition of Cape Clear, Cleganpear remains partly owned by the County Council and partly by the Department. He argued that that split ownership has blocked development and recommended transferring total ownership to the local authority so they could progress the pier project.
Funding and access to island funds
Ó Cuív emphasised that local ownership would allow the council to access island funds and other monies necessary for proper development. He repeatedly referenced funding constraints in his remarks, including several mentions of "about 100 million euros" when discussing broader financial structures and pressures.
Wider and historical remarks
His speech moved between the specific pier proposal and broader, at times fragmented, observations. He made references to historical moments such as 1936, wartime periods, the Commissioners of the Trade Center, and also used the term Brexit in passing.
Direct appeal to the minister
Ó Cuív directly asked the minister to transfer the total ownership of the pier to the local authority and to allow local access to appropriate funding streams so that the pier could be properly developed and maintained.
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Aadha, Coordyn seo, athas aram, gud deis am lawrt a cest Cursi Ísgoi. Minister, I'd like to start on a very small point that you might tackle once and for all. You mentioned that you had six harbours and then you got Cape Clear. What obviously your department didn't tell you is, you have a bit, and I mean a bit, of Cleganpear. And the fact that half the pier is owned by the County Council and the other half by the Department has stymied the development of that pier for years. And can I suggest to you, Minister, that you would transfer the total ownership of that pier to the local authority and allow them then access the money to properly develop it because they would have access to island funds, etc. So, you have to go hand and apply it to the local MY, the local authority wild, etc. But I didn't say that I made the money in Sartreona. But Sartreona didn't have the money in the Hilaean. And I didn't say that. But I didn't say that. But I didn't say that. I didn't say that. 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It was a very long time ago that I would have done a long time ago. It's not a matter of time. The Commissioners of the Trade Center gave the money to the price of 1,000 euros. That's what it is. It's not a matter of time. That's not a matter of time. Thank you so much for joining us today. We have a great time for you. We have a great time for you. We have a great time for you. There is a problem with my family. I don't have a moment to feel like I'm passing away from now. I can't remember if I could get away from now. Today, about 1983, it was a million years old. I really received my mother. was my dearlta Leisne Gaolaf. Agus ta duhlan rŵt a ade, na rae tiuchas an playerae maddele Leisne Gaird Cofobl Ísgui. Ag caffir an trid i Yannan Támsiol. Agus caffir bheith feci i Yannan Trid an Támsiol. Agus caffir an bawl da wúle agus a rá na cwyl mwytsogsta. Marfobl. Na cwyl agwydachfini. Nodur a'n heyn. Cwmala e sy'n chwyrin iddychlegin. Lae nierwg myd gymachsina ar e bísa sy'n cwsh cwsta gynarig a taffi na gwrm gymachsina tîn plair chwyl a fawlsdaad. Gymedig a diwr halaat cwydwagyn a hysgiru in tîr a gymachsina tîr a fach báil gyn chynchap sîn. Agus caffir bheith feci i yannan i Yannan ar bhawn cwibhnaitha. Mar ní ní ní nabhraiths fwy ní hídna báid fhyaga a ta'n dîr anndochat. Mw hhainmwyd a rai chwyd Brexit. Dwrt me sa da'il mi nis awnnish o cate. Gwyr a ffaithis aram nair a chycogsse gydin a lithan tî ddaird dairn a chynaithin ar bhaid cwmplego a yannan. Gw ní yllach a ní arpa machmwyd. Gw hhainmwyd o hhainb cwrs i ysgw. Gw ddyachach na tîr hwnmwyr a stiachach agus gyni annaisid cusynt eir a gw ddhhhainn. Gw hainmwyr a ní rá a fyrus bithar msiríaf agw ddyachach am ffhleachtan agus mwyr siar hwnnwyr hwnnwyr a chw raitoch mladil a tîr a ddairdol. Gw bw hainmwyr chy a trid na mw moel a gael a bachan o gawna a ffidra gawna gael a tîachta o raitoch. A fiidh ra gónigol a chachta raeitioch. A dna ra góisum oid ar maithin cae hi bí híslech. Ach mw teain. Na is deathra lingwil ciste áon, ciste a fóranda. Lech sin caerdaeir a tóam oid a caind. Eur rálda hísgeir i gannagol cunfaarege. Coimra go binna tóam oid a rá. Fan sa maaila. Na taeirig hísgeoch. It's very to God's education, Pedro, of course, I'd like to do it. I'm not going to sell it. It's my life. I'm not going to do it. I'm not going to do it. I'm not going to do it. I'm not going to do it. I'm not going to do it. I'm not going to do it. I'm not going to do it. I'm not going to do it. ..and I think vidare to this country. I'm not sure if it's going to be here... .. remember when I was going to be here... ..but I haven't even been able to complete anything... ..but I was hoping that I was afraid... ..that I'd like to be worried about the government. And I would like to say... ..what a lot of it is... ..I think the government was actually... ..but I've been going to learn... ..and I feel that... ..that I have learned... ..like to step back to... ..and I've learned... ..that I have learned... It's not an easy way to just build up the world. It's a dream of a cave in the Gondheims. But it's not an easy way to build up the non-quota species. And it's not about the race of FSP, but the race of FSP, it's not the race of FSP. As caith dianna cintig gul scala machin y Cwili Caeif. Ta caas na rannach o agus yn cynnaid siannaisg minna hig o ma. Yn lacaidau o waent, gynniusg, efaachin, az eich ar eisheir. As caith dianna dianna na heibra sin. Caith ar reitig scopi oel ar si. It's been a long time since 2019 and 2019. It's been a long time for me and for me, and for me, in the past. I would like to say, that I would like to say, that I would like to say, that I would like to say And I was able to get to the end of the day, to the end of the day. But it was a long time to get to the end of the day. I was called my cause for the cause of the government. She'll have been there for three years at this time. She's got a lot of work on her course. She's got a great job. She was able to get to the city. There's a lot of work on that. She's got a lot of work on her. Fólim le Cineha e Iona gus stiopi agus gafheiralti, acus cwyd gafheiralti gafheiralti, gafheir stiopi. As ni chearcham ochtdaini a fanacht aga da fanacht aga da fanacht. I dîff fyrrishocha, i dîff cadwunis, mwyr híhru, ni chearcham edith a fanacht. An amrca amath. Da'ar omsa biceartgo me ach teora amadili le Checo Fathagur Feidu le Hain Udras, a hoogail le Cechta Chine. And finally, Minister, I'm looking forward to you to coming to Canamara. You promised me you'll come, and I know you'll come. We've a lot to show you. I know that you've appointed Malachy Walsham Partners to do another review, and the reviews of the reviews on the pier. But we'll live with that if this is the final review. If it's comprehensive, if it takes the whole use that Russellville Pier could be put to. It takes into account all the State lands. But Minister, the West Coast has taken a battering. The West Coast has taken a huge battering in the way that the Cinderella industry of Ireland, that should be one of our biggest, biggest industries as we're an island nation, has been treated over the years. But there are still a lot of people in the West of Ireland with a space, with an interest in the sea. There is no fishery port in the hands of your department from Dingle the whole way up to Killebegs. On an island nation along the West Coast, which is way longer than the East Coast, that's a long stretch of sea. The only one is Russellville, but Russellville cannot take the boats of any size. And what we're asking you to do, to revive the industry of fishing, and to start from a new huge industry in renewable energy. We're asking you, on a very modest project, I think it's costed in around £20 million, to proceed once we get this report. And once, as I have no doubt, it too will say, it's worth going ahead with the deep water pier in Russellville. Goera Magath.
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