Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 14: To ask the Minister for Finance if funding has been put in place in respect of flood relief works for Johnstown village in County Kildare. [14928/09]

Martin Mansergh (Tipperary South, Fianna Fail)
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Officials at the Office of Public Works met with Kildare County Council on 13 March 2009 as part of the Steering Group overseeing this project. It was agreed, in the light of the outcome of the preliminary investigations that had been undertaken, that OPW and Kildare County Council would continue to work together towards completing a detailed design for the proposed works. The Local Authority will complete a Cost Benefit Analysis and an Environmental Appraisal, with OPW funding as part of this process.

It was further agreed that, when the detailed design has been completed to the satisfaction of the OPW and Kildare County Council, and if the proposed solution is economically and environmentally viable, a decision would then be taken as to the possibility of funding such works.