Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 19 November 2015
271. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to implement the recommendations in the report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht on Shannon flooding, published in 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41051/15]
Amharc ar fhreagraI am advised that the Shannon Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management Study on the River Shannon (CFRAMS) is currently being carried out on behalf of the Office of Public Works (OPW). Work on the study started in January 2011 and will be completed in 2016 with the publication of Catchment Flood Risk Management Plans. In the meantime, the National Parks and Wildlife Service of my Department and Waterways Ireland remain fully supportive of the work of the OPW as the lead State agency for the coordination and implementation of Government policy in relation to the management of flood risk in Ireland, including in relation to Shannon flooding.
