Colm M. Hilliard
Question:17 Mr. Hilliard asked the Minister for the Environment the way in which he proposes to compensate householders for the damage caused by the floods in south County Galway, Clare and other regions. [4954/95]
Written Answers. - Compensation for Flood Victims.
Éamon Ó Cuív
Question:33 Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment whether he intends to provide special funding to Galway County Council for the repair of roads damaged by the recent floods in the Gort area; and whether he will make a special allocation of funds for the necessary raising of roads to ensure that they will be passable in future if the floods recur. [7153/95]
Éamon Ó Cuív
Question:72 Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment if he will provide emergency funding to Galway County Council to enable it to carry out remedial works to roads, piers and other infrastructure damaged in the recent storm of 17 January 1995. [2038/95]
Robert Molloy
Question:73 Mr. Molloy asked the Minister for the Environment if he will introduce emergency measures to provide assistance and compensation to those who have suffered material damage and financial loss arising from recent floods and severe storms; if he will provide remedial measures to avoid recurrence of flooding as occurred in the south Galway area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1492/95]
Noel Dempsey
Question:74 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for the Environment the specific action, if any, he proposes to take on behalf of the Government and his Department to alleviate the crisis which has been imposed on the west of Ireland as a result of recent weather conditions, including storms and repeated flooding. [2430/95]
James Leonard
Question:79 Mr. Leonard asked the Minister for the Environment if he will provide additional funding to local authorities to repair damage to main and county roads due to flooding. [3260/95]
Tony Killeen
Question:81 Mr. Killeen asked the Minister for the Environment the allocation, if any, that has been made to alleviate flooding in north Clare and south Galway; when drainage and related works will commence; the locations of these works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3598/95]
Theresa Ahearn
Question:88 Mrs. T. Ahearn asked the Minister for the Environment if compensation will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary whose premises were devastated by recent flooding of the river Suir in view of the fact that sand bags to prevent such damage were not provided as requested by the local authority. [6942/95]
I propose to take Questions Nos. 17, 33, 72, 73, 74, 79, 81 and 88 together.
The Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Deputy Jim Higgins, has been appointed by the Government to chair a special interdepartmental committee to co-ordinate the Government's response to the recent bad weather. In reply to Questions Nos. 25 and 26 on 5 April last, the Minister of State, Deputy Higgins provided details of a variety of positive measures initiated by the Government, including measures relating to the matters referred to in these questions. There are no funds available to me from which additional assistance could be offered.