Seán Canney (Galway East, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I have just one more paragraph to read. The group has today also agreed to evaluate the benefits from any short and medium-term programme of localised dredging and any future piloting to remove some pinch points along the Shannon. The group will discuss this at its next meeting which will be held in November.

I chair an interdepartmental flood policy co-ordination group, and I will shortly bring a report to Government from that group. The group is developing a range of policy initiatives to underpin the overall investment by the OPW in managing national flood risk.

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