Dáil Éireann Debate, Friday - 7 September 2018
213. Deputy Tom Neville asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a matter (details supplied) will be addressed at lands following previous works to address flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36043/18]
View answerThe River Maine is one of the rivers that is part of the OPW's programme of maintenance of arterial drainage scheme completed by it under the Arterial Drainage Act, 1945.
In 2014 following the extreme and repeated storm surges experienced on the River Maine estuary, the OPW repaired a breached embankment at the location referred to by Deputy Neville. The works involved constructing a reinforced access haul road down to the flood defence embankment and constructing a new flood defence to replace the breached defence.
While the OPW is not aware of any breached flood defence at this location at present I have asked the regional engineers to keep the defences referred to by the Deputy under review and to address any breaches in a timely manner.
