Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects the discussions between his Department and Kildare County Council to be finalised with a view to the implementation of flood relief measures at Mill Lane, Leixlip, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16799/06]

Tom Parlon (Laois-Offaly, Progressive Democrats)
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In light of the flooding problems in Leixlip and development pressures in the surrounding area the Office of Public Works has agreed to undertake a Local Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Study for the Rye River, encompassing the towns of Leixlip, Maynooth and Kilcock. This will ultimately form part of a Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management for the entire Liffey Catchment, which it is planned to undertake at a later stage. This will necessitate the formation of a Steering Committee to oversee the project and will include personnel from both the Office of Public Works and Kildare County Council. Works will begin as soon as possible.

Kildare County Council are continuing with studies currently underway by ESBI in Leixlip and environs. The content of these studies is a matter for the Local Authority as they were not undertaken at the behest of OPW. However, the Commissioners of Public Works will be willing to consider, with Kildare County Council, whether elements of work recommended by the studies could be regarded with reasonable certainty, as likely to be compatible with the recommendations of the Rye CFRAM study. OPW is willing to consider providing funding to Kildare County Council to carry out such works if they can be shown to be economically and environmentally sustainable.