Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will follow up with the OPW on that question. I am sure it has used the approach the Deputy has described on many occasions. I will share that information with her.

The OPW tries to adopt a whole-of-government approach in many different areas and on many different challenges. The difficulty it has is in managing the issue of flooding and floodplains on which citizens live. Those homes were built because that kind of approach was not used in the past. The OPW is doing its best now by making flood maps publicly available to try to reduce that happening again in the future.

As regards instances in which the natural habitat and surroundings are used to reduce flooding risk, I will get some examples and have them sent on to the Deputy.

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