Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 October 2017
443. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding is available to assist farmers in County Donegal who have lands located near a river (details supplied) to clear it as their farms were flooded in August 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43933/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Arterial Drainage Acts of 1945 and 1995 provide the Office of Public Works with powers for drainage and improvement of agricultural land and the undertaking of localised flood defence schemes to reduce flood risk in urban areas. The Arterial Drainage Acts and SI 122 of 2010 Regulations also introduced OPW consent requirements for the creation and modification of watercourses, embankments, weirs and bridges. As such, any request for funding to assist in the clearing of the relevant river should be made to the Office of Public Works.
