189 Mr. Kavanagh asked the Minister for the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the serious problem of coastal erosion at Murrough, north of Wicklow town, where the situation is reaching disastrous proportions; and if he will have an inspection carried out immediately and make funds available to carry out the work to prevent further damage. [17848/95]

Under the Operational Programme for Environmental Services 1994-99 some £5.1 million is being invested in coastal protection works. In order to identify priority works for possible inclusion under the Operational Programme, all coastal local authorities were requested to identify their top four priority protection proposals.

Wicklow County Council in their submission to the Department of the Marine identified their priority projects as follows: (i) Protection of Bray promenade and seafront; (ii) Protection of North Beach, Arklow; (iii) Protection of cliff face in Greystones town and (iv) Protection of the Murrough, Wicklow.