Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 September 2014
370. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Cork city flood relief scheme, as recently announced, meets the insurance standard of 1:100 years which is the minimum if insurance is to be viable in a risk area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34281/14]
View answerProposals to deal with the flooding issue in Cork City were placed on display in the City Hall on 29 July 2014 at an Information Day undertaken to inform the public of the emerging Scheme for the City. Members of the Design Team were in attendance on the day to explain the proposals and to deal with queries from the public. Over two hundred people attended on the day. The public were invited to make submissions on the emerging proposals which will assist in completing the outline design of the Scheme. Once the outline design is completed it will then be brought forward to formal public exhibition in the next few months. At this stage detailed drawings and plans will be available for a period of 4-6 weeks.
The protection to be provided by the Scheme is the 1:200 year standard for tidal events and 1:100 year for fluvial (river) events. These are the current standards to which the Office of Public Works completes all of its flood relief schemes.
