Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 15 April 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Flood Risk Insurance Cover: Discussion

12:00 pm

Photo of Peadar TóibínPeadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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Is best practice being followed in the granting of planning permission in Cork? I have heard a retail park is being built on a bog in Ballyvolane which will mean that a local estate, Brookvale, will become more vulnerable to flooding as a result.

Given that there are problems there, are we taking enough steps in planning to ensure we will not make problems worse in the future?