Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 28 June 2022
268. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of funding that his Department made available to Clare County Council in 2020, 2021 and 2022 to undertake arterial drainage works required that the council is obliged to undertake owing to the Arterial Drainage Act 1945; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34210/22]
View answerMy Department does not provide funding to undertake arterial drainage works in relation to the Arterial Drainage Act 1945. Information in relation to arterial drainage works by local authorities is not held by my Department and I, as Minister have no function in this regard.
The Arterial Drainage Act 1945 is a matter the Office of Public Works under the aegis of the Department for Public Expenditure and Reform.
