Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 14 June 2023
77. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the cost of flood protection works carried out by the Office of Public Works in the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28724/23]
View answerThe Office of Public Works (OPW) is responsible for leading and coordinating the implementation of localised flood relief schemes to protect Ireland against significant flood risk from rivers and the sea. Since 2018, the Government has committed €1.3bn, to 2030, to deliver some 150 additional flood relief schemes identified as part of the OPW’s Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Programme. A partnership between the OPW and Local Authorities throughout the country has allowed Ireland to treble, to 98, the number of flood relief schemes currently at design, development and construction stages.
The table below provides the total expenditure by year incurred by OPW flood risk management for the years 2018 to 2022.
|
YEAR |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
|
TOTAL EXPENDITURE |
€64.6m |
€58.2m |
€63.2m |
€55.6m |
€54.6m |
The status of all ongoing flood relief schemes is available at www.floodinfo.ie/.
Information is also available on the aforementioned website in relation to the completed schemes that are providing protection to over 12,000 properties and an economic benefit to the State in damage and losses avoided estimated to be in the region of €1.9 billion.
