Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 219: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 104 of 13 December 2007, if the report (details supplied) has been submitted to the National Parks and Wildlife Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1402/08]

Joe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 222: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the time-frame for the alleviation of flooding in Clonlara, County Clare; if the steering group sees this time-frame as being met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1593/08]

Joe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 223: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the stage, in view of recent flooding in the Clonlara area of County Clare, that the EIS commissioned by the Commissioners of Public Works is currently at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1594/08]

Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 219, 222 and 223 together.

The environmental assessment was completed and formed part of a detailed submission made by the Office of Public Works to the National Parks and Wildlife Service in late December seeking consent for proposed flood alleviation works.

OPW will commence the flood relief works as quickly as possible, once the necessary consents are received, with the intention of completing them at the earliest possible date subject to compliance with the environmental windows relevant to the different elements and to ground conditions and water levels being safe.