Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 December 2018
175. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the report that has been prepared in respect of coastal erosion across all 19 local authorities in which coastlines are under threat from erosion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50393/18]
View answerThe report referred to by the Deputy is the Local Authority Coastal Erosion Policy and Practice Audit - Final Report, 30 November 2017. This report was commissioned by Fingal County Council on behalf of nineteen local authorities whose coastlines are under threat from coastal erosion. It was submitted to the Office of Public Works (OPW) in April 2018 by the Chair of the CCMA, Climate Change and Emergency Planning Committee.
The Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland replied to the CCMA at that time indicating that while they have responsibility for co-ordinating Government policy on flood risk management, including coastal flooding, they do not have strategic responsibility for coastal erosion.
Strategic responsibility for the coast, including coastal erosion, is a matter for my colleague, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government.
