Terence Flanagan (Dublin North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 239: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the proposal to build a sea wall (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3590/10]

Martin Mansergh (Tipperary South, Fianna Fail)
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Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council produced the final report of the Dublin Coastal Flooding Protection Project in 2005. Funding for the study was provided by the Office of Public Works. The study was undertaken, by the Councils, in direct response to the extreme tide and flood event experienced across Dublin City and Fingal County during February, 2002 and was primarily aimed at addressing the risk from tidal flooding along the coastline and within the tidal reaches of a number of rivers and canals.

The report contained recommendations in relation to the area referred to by the Deputy and Fingal County Council subsequently applied to OPW in late 2009 for funding to progress the proposal for a sea wall there under the Coastal Protection Programme. The application, at €2.6M, did not qualify for the 2009 Programme as minor works, but will be considered for funding as part of a proposed Major Works Programme.