Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 31 May 2018
74. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the OPW plans to alleviate the flooding at the entrance to Turin, Kilmaine, County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24133/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraLocal flooding issues are a matter, in the first instance, for each Local Authority to investigate and address, and County Councils may carry out flood mitigation works using their own resources. The OPW operates the Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme to provide funding to Local Authorities to undertake minor flood mitigation works or studies to address localised flooding and coastal protection problems within their administrative areas. The scheme generally applies to relatively straightforward cases where a solution can be readily identified and achieved in a short time frame and which meet the criteria of the scheme
In 2014, an application under the Minor Works scheme for funding of €34,000 was received from Mayo County Council for a project at Turin, Kilmaine but this was not deemed eligible under the scheme criteria on cost benefit grounds.
It is open to Mayo County Council to bring forward new proposals under the Minor Works scheme for viable measures at this location which meet the scheme criteria.
