Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 13 November 2014

Thursday, 13 November 2014

Questions (78)

Barry Cowen

Question:

78. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular from the total funding of flood defences per annum broken down by county in 2008-2014. [43618/14]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (Deputy Simon Harris)

Expenditure by the Office of Public Works in the period January 2008 - October 2014 on flood relief Capital Works schemes, amounts to approximately €216 million, and is shown by county in the following table. This expenditure covers major Flood Relief Schemes and also the Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme which commenced in 2009 under which Local Authorities are funded by the OPW to carry out small scale flood relief works in their administrative areas.

The table does not include a further amount of €1.639 million which has been paid to Local Authorities this year to date on foot of the Government Decision of 11th February 2014 that allocated specific funding for the repair of public coastal protection and flood infrastructure damaged in the storms in the period 13 December 2013 to 6 January 2014.

In addition, the OPW has spent approximately €41 million since January 2008 on other programmes related to flood risk management, principally the Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Programme of studies, that is not attributable to a specific county.

OPW CAPITAL EXPENDITURE ON FLOOD DEFENCE WORKS 2008 – 2014

-	-	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014 (Jan – Oct)	TOTALS
-	-	€,000	€,000	€,000	€,000	€,000	€,000	€,000	€,000
Carlow Co Co.
	Major Schemes	9	57	0	1,088	2,732	716		€4,602
	Minor Works	0	0	32	611	439	114		€1,196
Cavan Co. Co.
	Major Schemes	0	0	0	0	0	0		€0
	Minor Works	0	0	72	0	111	0		€183
Clare Co. Co.
	Major Schemes	2,873	4,793	1,995	2,390	287	9,668	3,940	€25,946
	Minor Works	0	45		617	426	271		€1,359
Cork Co Co.
	Major Schemes	5,097	9,618	6,162	6,235	9,395	12,167	4,996	€53,670
	Minor Works	0	32	1,045	402	282	222		€1,983
Donegal
	Major Schemes	13	34	0	0	0	36	64	€147
	Minor Works	0	0	484	32	79	76		€671
Dublin
	Major Schemes	3,117	3,678	3,162	805	4,046	2,710	4,861	€22,379
	Minor Works	0	0	0	320	873	373	269	€1,835
Galway
	Major Schemes			285	1,518	795	234	76	€2,908
	Minor Works	319	35	2,937	1,510	765	248	78	€5,892
Kerry
	Major Schemes	0	0	0	0	0	0		€0
	Minor Works	0	377	359	44	190	35		€1,005
Kildare
	Major Schemes	2,019	835	814	1,470	715	130	26	€6,009
	Minor Works	0	180	1,176	209	352	57	4	€1,978
Kilkenny
	Major Schemes	787	1,180	62	4	0	0		€2,033
	Minor Works	0	68	65	538	58	108		€837
Laois
	Major Schemes	121	0	0	0	0	0		€121
	Minor Works	0	0	0	14	0	0		€14
Leitrim
	Major Schemes	0	0	0	0	0	0		€0
	Minor Works	0	0	160	125	101	111		€497
Limerick
	Major Schemes	40	422	72	0	60	0		€594
	Minor Works	0	0	309	268	92	142	10	€821
Longford
	Major Schemes	164	116	0	0	0	0		€280
	Minor Works	0	0	202	261	0	0		€463
Louth
	Major Schemes	0	0	0	0	0	0		€0
	Minor Works	0	45	137	67		72		€321
Mayo
	Major Schemes	0	0	0	0	12	11	78	€101
	Minor Works	0	233	309	31	76	0		€649
Meath
	Major Schemes	391	874	1,669	1,130	479	58	15	€4,616
	Minor Works	0	77	0	45	4	163		€289
Monaghan
	Major Schemes	0	0	0	0	0	0		€0
	Minor Works	0	115	0	32	227	28		€402
Offaly
	Major Schemes	0	22	0	13	799	997	53	€1,884
	Minor Works	0	27	209	0	0	0		€236
Roscommon
	Major Schemes	0	0	0	0	0	0		€0
	Minor Works	0	105	951	0	105	87		€1,248
Sligo
	Major Schemes	0	0	0	0	0	0		€0
	Minor Works	0	41	423	0	59	290		€813
Tipperary
	Major Schemes	5,743	7,584	5,495	11,280	4,170	786	1,037	€36,095
	Minor Works	0	14	306	327	133	0		€780
Waterford
	Major Schemes	30	500	2,700	600	3,315	3,996	2,422	€13,563
	Minor Works	0	0	54	0	14	15		€83
Westmeath
	Major Schemes	130	233	58	0	0	0		€421
	Minor Works	0	90	54	83	0			€227
Wexford
	Major Schemes	93	231	124	0	51	88		€587
	Minor Works	0	90	518	0	90	38		€736
Wicklow
	Major Schemes	313	299	1,738	0	7,117	997	4,160	€14,624
	Minor Works	0	227	248	70	389	8		€942
TOTALS		21,259	32,277	34,386	32,139	38,838	35,052	22,089	€216,040