The Office of Public Works currently administers the Minor Flood Mitigation Works Scheme. The Scheme was introduced in 2009 and provides funding to local authorities to undertake small-scale alleviation measures to address flooding problems within their administrative areas. Details of the payments made to Longford and Westmeath County Councils under this scheme for the years concerned are given in the following tables.
Longford County Council
|
Year
|
Funding paid in year
|
|
2009
|
€0
|
|
2010
|
€201,936
|
|
2011
|
€261,058
|
|
2012
|
€0
|
|
Total
|
€462,994
|
Westmeath County Council
|
Year
|
Funding paid in year
|
|
2009
|
€90,000
|
|
2010
|
€54,000
|
|
2011
|
€83,128
|
|
2012
|
€0
|
|
Total
|
€227,128
|
In addition, expenditure under the OPW's ongoing arterial drainage maintenance programme for the Mullingar depot for the years in question is:
2009
|
2010
|
2011
|
2012 to end Oct.
|
Total
|
€ 1,547,169
|
€ 1,520,945
|
€ 1,434,856
|
€1,101,908
|
€5,604,87
|