Local flooding issues are a matter, in the first instance, for each local authority to investigate and address.
The Office of Public Works' (OPW) Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme is not a grant scheme for individual homeowners or private property owners. It is a scheme under which the OPW may provide funding assistance and support to local authorities to undertake viable, cost effective, localised and small scale flood relief works in their administrative areas. The maximum funding available for any one project under the scheme is €450,000. It is the local authority which must complete and submit the funding application form under the Scheme and, in doing so, must have carried out the necessary preparatory work and preliminary investigations and costings. While individual property owners may benefit from the works, the local authority must be the promoter and proposer of the project and will be fully responsible for the implementation of the works and ensuring that all relevant and necessary statutory consents are applied for and received. When funding is approved under the scheme, the progression of any works is the responsibility of the local authority.
