Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 153: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Question No. 551 of 27 September 2006, if he will report on the outcome of the meeting and when the study will commence. [33755/06]

Tom Parlon (Laois-Offaly, Progressive Democrats)
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The OPW met officials from Kildare County Council on Thursday 5th October and carried out a site inspection of the Rye and Silleachain Rivers in the Leixlip area. The various flood relief proposals as set out in the localised Flood Study report were discussed. It is now considered that measures to prevent flooding in Dún Carraig can be designed without the need for the full Rye Catchment Study which would take some time to complete. The flooding mechanisms involved at Mill Lane are extremely complex and require more detailed consideration. A further meeting with Kildare County Council officials and their Engineering Consultants has been arranged to try to establish whether an early solution is possible for this area.