asked the Minister for Finance if he has yet, in conjunction with the Department of Local Government and the Kerry County Council, devised a scheme of intermediate drainage by which the periodical flooding of the roads, houses and lands by the River Flesk in Glenflesk, near Killarney, may be controlled while the completion of the River Laune arterial drainage scheme is awaited; and, if so, if he will state the nature of the scheme.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Control of Flooding by River Flesk (Kerry).
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As regards intermediate drainage, I would refer the Deputy to my replies to similar questions by him on 28th April and 27th October last, and to the debate on the adjournment on the 3rd May, when the position was fully explained.
I understand that a grant has been allocated by the Department of Local Government to the Kerry County Council this year for improvement works on roads affected by recent railway closings in the county.