Tom Fleming (Kerry South, Independent)
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Question 95: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will investigate the Collawa river, Rathmore, County Kerry, a tributary of the River Blackwater, as it is subject to intermittent flooding affecting adjacent landowners on its banks and households on the Railway Road; and if he will make emergency funding available to dredge the section of river from the Bridge Bar to where it enters the Blackwater. [33779/11]

Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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The Office of Public Works has no maintenance responsibility for the channel in question.

However, the OPW advised Kerry County Council earlier this year that it was open to the Council to identify feasible mitigation proposals to address the problem and submit a funding application to this Office under the Minor Flood Mitigation Works Scheme. Any application received would be considered having regard to the scheme criteria and the overall availability of resources for flood risk management. This remains the position.