Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 17 July 2014
272. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding funding in respect of a flood relief project (details supplied) in County Cork; and when a decision will issue. [32167/14]
View answerCork County Council submitted an application in 2013 under the Office of Public Works (OPW) Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme for funding to carry out a flood risk assessment and to produce an outline design of flood relief proposals for Ballinhassig.
The OPW wrote to the Council in August of last year indicating that it was not in a position to approve funding as this area was already the subject of study under the Lee CFRAM (Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management) Study.
The OPW's consultants for the South Western CFRAM study reviewed the Lee CFRAM outputs in 2013 and indicated that the hydrology for the Owenboy River needed to be updated.
The CFRAM work on the Owenboy Catchment is now completed. The OPW intend to undertake a flood relief Feasibility Study for Carrigaline which will also cover Ballinhassig, using the existing outputs from the Lee CFRAM Study and the review above.
Depending on the outcome of the Feasibility Study, flood relief measures for Ballinhassig may be progressed if viable, and subject to resources being available.
