Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 28 November 2012
117. Deputy Paschal Donohoe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has received responses from the Irish Insurance Federation in respect of the Office of Public Works presentation regarding the proposed template for sharing information on flood defence and prevention measures; if this information has not been received, when he expects the IIF to respond to the presentation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53195/12]
View answerThere have been a number of discussions between the OPW and the IIF on a sustainable system of information sharing particularly in relation to the identification of flood alleviation schemes and works completed and where the standard of protection afforded by these works could be verified. A proposed template for providing the required information, on a GIS platform, was presented to the IIF and a number of the main insurance companies in July 2012.
The IIF has responded within the last fortnight to this presentation and, while it raised a number of technical issues on the information, it has given a broadly favourable response to the proposed OPW template. Work will now continue between the OPW and the IIF on further progressing the matter.
