Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 May 2017
316. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 272 of 6 December 2016, if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be reimbursed for works they had to carry out on their lands after the construction of an access road by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22877/17]
View answerThe location referred to by the Deputy forms part of the Maine Catchment Drainage Scheme (CDS) which was carried out by the Office of Public Works (OPW) under the Arterial Drainage Act, 1945. The River Maine CDS consists of 228 km of channel, 96 km of embankment, 130 bridges and 210 sluice outfall structures. The OPW has a statutory responsibility for the maintenance of this scheme.
OPW constructed a haul road to facilitate access to repair a breached flood defence embankment on this scheme. Following completion of the works, this office also undertook remedial works to this haul road, which had been agreed with the landowner.
The OPW received correspondence from the landowner in February 2017, which included an invoice for contract work carried out on his lands. The engineering staff in the Regional Office will shortly make direct contact with the landowner.
