Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 2 February 2022

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised)

Photo of Pearse DohertyPearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

In fairness, the chairperson asked for €70 million more than the Minister of State allocated over the past three years so I would agree with that statement from the Minister of State. However, that does not mean nobody is at fault because some projects are delayed or not given approval. Sometimes that approval is not given sufficiently quickly.

I would like to ask about the River Clady, where there was flooding and serious damage. Kevin Boxer Moran came out to visit the site, which is in Bunbeg, County Donegal, and tried to work through this issue with the residents. I am not sure if Donegal County Council and the OPW ever progressed the application for funding for upstream flood mitigation. Will the Minister of State look into this?

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