John Ellis
Ceist:80 Mr. Ellis asked the Minister for Finance the action, if any, he proposes to take regarding flooding being caused in the Lough Reane area of County Leitrim in view of the Ballinamore/ Ballyconnell canal works. [4262/95]
Written Answers. - County Leitrim Flooding.
Lough Reane lies approximately 500 metres south west of St. John's Lough Middle, which is the nearest location to it on the newly restored Shannon-Erne Waterway (Ballinamore and Ballyconnell Navigation).
No work was carried out on Lough Reane during the restoration project and it has no surface outlet to the waterway.It is a turlough and appears to depend entirely on a number of swallow holes for drainage.
My office was first notified of flooding in the vicinity of Lough Reane in March 1994. Since then the relevant lake levels have been surveyed and the position is being continuously monitored in order to establish the flow regime and to determine whether there is a link between the two lakes. This work is ongoing and no conclusion can be reached until relevant data is available and analysed.