Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 19 July 2016

Tuesday, 19 July 2016

Questions (515)

David Cullinane

Question:

515. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount which has been spent on flood relief schemes here from 2004 to date, broken down by county and by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22307/16]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform

Expenditure by the Office of Public Works in the period 2004 to the end of June 2016 on flood relief activities and measures amounts to approximately €402 million, of which €292 million relates to expenditure on major flood relief schemes. A breakdown of this expenditure on major schemes is shown by county in the table below. The remaining €110 million is made up of €58 million on Strategic Studies including the Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Programme, the Flood Studies Update and Coastal & Hydrology studies and research, €30 million on the OPW's Minor Flood Mitigation Works & Coastal Protection Scheme and €22m on the funding provided to Local Authorities for storm damage repair which arose following the severe storms which affected the western seaboard in December 2013 and January 2014.

Breakdown by County of expenditure on Major Flood Relief Schemes over the period 2004 to end June 2016

-	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016 (End June)	TOTALS
-	€,000	€,000	€,000	€,000	€,000	€,000	€,000	€,000	€,000	€,000	€,000	€,000	€,000	€,000
Carlow
	99	38	12	2,144	9	57	0	1,088	2,732	716	0	0	0	6,895
Cavan
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clare
	0	337	320	255	2,873	4,793	1,995	2,390	287	9,668	4,196	1,410	54	28,578
Cork
	1,555	1,975	825	730	5,097	9,618	6,162	6,235	9,395	12,167	6,581	4,135	7,100	71,575
Donegal
	0	0	0	0	13	34	0	0	0	36	64	0	25	172
Dublin
	1,748	2,514	4,910	6,996	3,117	3,678	3,162	805	4,046	2,710	6,315	4,524	1,497	46,022
Galway
	0	25					285	1,518	795	234	190	201	130	3,378
Kerry
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kildare
	8	3	0	644	2,019	835	814	1,470	715	130	89	149	16	6,892
Kilkenny
	9,711	5,127	517	616	787	1,180	62	4	0	0	0	0	0	18,004
Laois
	0	0	0	0	121	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	121
Leitrim
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Limerick
	37	470	0	30	40	422	72	0	60	0	691	69	0	1,891
Longford
	0	0	0	0	164	116	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	280
Louth
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mayo
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	11	78	24	40	165
Meath
	1,018	1,755	2,607	599	391	874	1,669	1,130	479	58	36	66	22	10,704
Monaghan
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Offaly
	0	0	177	0	0	22	0	13	799	997	53	6	2	2,069
Roscommon
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sligo
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tipperary
	494	719	1,811	1,820	5,743	7,584	5,495	11,280	4,170	786	1,323	897	244	42,366
Waterford
	51	1	57	5,000	30	500	2,700	600	3,315	3,996	4,240	2,542	0	23,032
Westmeath
	0	0	0	0	130	233	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	421
Wexford
	5	25	414	0	93	231	124	0	51	88	0	317	4	1,352
Wicklow
	0	150	0	59	313	299	1,738	0	7,117	997	4,875	12,444	19	28,011
TOTALS	14,726	13,139	11,650	18,893	20,940	30,476	24,336	26,533	33,973	32,594	28,731	26,784	9,153	291,928