Seán Kyne (Galway West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I raised this issue on 9 October 2014 and I believe that we are all sitting in the same seats. According to the Minister of State at the time, "The Claregalway scheme is the first flood relief scheme submitted for confirmation following the coming into effect of the 2012 regulations", which "require my colleague, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, to carry out an environmental impact assessment of drainage or flood relief schemes prior to confirmation or approval of the proposed schemes". This has not happened. There has certainly been no confirmation. What is the delay?

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