Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 29 January 2019
185. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding will be allocated to carry out works (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3761/19]
View answerThe Office of Public Works, OPW, is responsible for the maintenance of Arterial Drainage Schemes and catchment drainage schemes designated under the Arterial Drainage Acts of 1945 and 1995. The river channel section referred to by the Deputy forms part of the River Maine Catchment Drainage Scheme for which the OPW has maintenance responsibility.
Following the Deputy’s representation, staff from OPW inspected the section of the channel referred to and found it to be in reasonable repair and condition with no major impediments to the conveyance of the watercourse.
Scheduled maintenance to this reach of the river extending from Currans Bridge downstream as far as Maine Bridge is expected to commence in September 2019.
