Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 December 2015
188. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he received the report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform on hearings regarding the provision of insurance in areas at risk of flooding, if he will implement its recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45264/15]
View answerThe report from the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform was forwarded to my Office by the Clerk to the Committee on 27 May of this year. The report contains a number of observations and recommendations which inform and support the Office of Public Works in its ongoing engagement with Insurance Ireland in relation to the exchange of information on completed OPW flood defence schemes and the availability of insurance against flooding in the protected areas. Recommendations 5, 6, 7 & 8 of the report are policy matters and have been brought to the attention of the Department of Finance.
The subject of insurance against the risk of flooding is one of the issues being considered by the Inter-Departmental Committee which is developing whole-of-Government policies to support the OPW Flood Risk Management Plans. This Committee will be reporting to Government by Spring 2016.
