Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 27 November 2025
Public Accounts Committee
Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts 2024
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2024
Chapter 5 - Development of a Proposed National Science Centre
Chapter 6 - The OPW's Management of Office Accommodation
2:00 am
Catherine Ardagh (Dublin South Central, Fianna Fail)
I thank all the witnesses for coming in to us today. I would like to discuss flood risk management, which is one of the OPW's core areas of business. I would particularly like to discuss the Camac flood alleviation scheme. For those watching, the Camac river flows from Saggart through to Bluebell, Inchicore and Kilmainham and into the River Liffey near Heuston Station. It is a big project that includes reinforcing the banks of the river and upgrading culverts, weirs and whatnot. It was meant to have commenced at this stage, and we know that it has not commenced. Could the OPW give me an update in relation to where we are with the Camac flood alleviation scheme?
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