Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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Question 206: To ask the Minister for Finance the provisions which will be made to safeguard premises (details supplied) in County Tipperary in the context of the proposed drainage scheme for the River Suir in Clonmel, County Tipperary. [28039/05]

Tom Parlon (Laois-Offaly, Progressive Democrats)
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The Office of Public Works' consulting engineers, E. G. Pettit & Company, have established that the ground floor level of the building in question is above the predicted 100 year flood level by 1.75 m and therefore should not be susceptible to flooding from this extreme event. However, it is accepted that the basement level of the building in question is 0.6 m below the same flood level. There is an embankment between the river and the building in question and it is our intention, with the owner's permission, to carry out investigations as part of the site investigation contract to discover the permeability of this embankment. Should works be required to make this embankment impermeable then it will be examined at detailed design stage. I have arranged for the consulting engineer to contact the owner of the hotel to discuss the matter.