Ned O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 536: To ask the Minister for Finance when work on a project (details supplied) in County Cork will commence. [1688/06]

Tom Parlon (Laois-Offaly, Progressive Democrats)
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The formal public exhibition of the proposed flood relief schemes for the Munster Blackwater river in Fermoy, County Cork, was held over a four week period during November-December 2005. A large number of observations were received and are being considered. The engineering consultants on the project will shortly complete a report on the exhibition with responses on each observation and any amendments to the proposals that may be required. This report will be considered by the Commissioners of Public Works before seeking approval from the Department of Finance to move to the next stage of the project.

Should approval be given to proceed with the exhibited schemes, the consultants will be asked to undertake the detailed design of the schemes immediately. The detailed design, along with any necessary site investigations, will be followed by the procurement process for a works contractor, which should result in construction commencing sometime in late 2006 or early 2007. The OPW will carefully monitor the programme in order to commence works at the earliest possible date.