Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 48: To ask the Minister for Finance the funding which will be made available to a local authority following an incident (details supplied) in County Donegal in view of the impact on the arterial drainage. [32802/09]

Martin Mansergh (Tipperary South, Fianna Fail)
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Office of Public Works staff met with Donegal County Council officials in early summer to discuss how OPW might assist in relation to mitigating future flood risk in Gweedore. It was agreed that the Council would prepare and submit a detailed report of their requirements in this regard. The OPW has not received the report from the Council to date.

The OPW recently wrote to all Local Authorities inviting applications for funding for minor mitigation works and studies to address localised flood problems, subject to specific economic and environmental criteria. It would be open to Donegal County Council to submit an application in relation to the problem in Gweedore. If an application is submitted, it will be considered, having regard to total applications received from Local Authorities and the overall resources available.

Funding of repairs to infrastructure damaged by flooding in Gweedore would be a matter for the Department of Transport or the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.