Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 273: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 84 of 8 May 2008 if the feasibility study has been completed by the Office of Public Works; the action he will take in an area (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29675/08]

Martin Mansergh (Tipperary South, Fianna Fail)
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The feasibility study has now been completed and the report is currently being finalised. The study found that the cost of the works required to the embankments would outweigh the benefits that would accrue.

In view of this finding, and the fact that no dwellings are protected by the structures, the carrying out of the works by the Commissioners of Public Works cannot be justified having regard to existing commitments for priority flood relief works elsewhere.