Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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Question 177: To ask the Minister for Finance if plans to change the weir at Fermoy, County Cork will be subsumed into the flood alleviation works; if so, when this was decided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37991/08]

Martin Mansergh (Tipperary South, Fianna Fail)
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Following a request by the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, the Office of Public Works has agreed, in principle, to facilitate remedial works to the weir in tandem with the works of the proposed flood relief scheme for Fermoy, subject to the availability of funding and the resolution of planning and archaeological matters. OPW conveyed its agreement to the Department and Fermoy Town Council at a meeting held on 2 October, 2008.

Fermoy Town Council and the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources are in ongoing talks in order to resolve any outstanding issues to allow the works to be undertaken.