John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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Question 100: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the latest report from Dublin City Council on flood prevention measures; his estimate of the total cost for flood prevention measures in the Dublin south-east area; the amount which the Government intends to make available for such projects; when this will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15889/05]

Tom Parlon (Laois-Offaly, Progressive Democrats)
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The Report on the Dublin Coastal Flooding Protection Project has been received by the Office of Public Works in the last few weeks. It is a very detailed document and is currently being examined.

The project was commissioned by Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council in association with the OPW and the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, and set out to examine the causes and impacts of flooding from Portmarnock to Booterstown and to identify appropriate measures to deal with the flood risk in this area.

I understand the report recommends a number of actions which include early flood warning systems and the development of a number of flood defence schemes. The construction costs of the proposals are estimated between €64 million and €95 million.

When the Report has been fully examined which because of its size and complexity will take some time, the OPW will meet city council officials and the other relevant bodies to discuss the proposals with a view to developing a priority list of measures which could be undertaken in the coming years. Any funding which may be required from the OPW will be considered at that stage in the context of the OPW's annual budget for flood relief projects, the large number of flood alleviation projects and non-structural measures currently being advanced by the OPW and the urgency attaching to the various measures recommended in the report on the Dublin coastal flooding protection project.