Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 219: To ask the Minister for Finance with responsibility for the Office of Public Works the amount of the allocated €16.8 million for arterial drainage which has been spent to date in 2010; the amount that was allocated and spent for same; the rivers that were dealt with under this scheme in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37717/10]

Martin Mansergh (Tipperary South, Fianna Fail)
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The Office of Public Works is responsible for maintaining those channels that form part of drainage schemes carried out by the Office under the Arterial Drainage Acts. The country is currently divided into three administrative regions, East, West and South West, for the purposes of these maintenance operations.

Of the allocation of €16.8m provided in the OPW Vote for maintenance of arterial drainage schemes this year, a total of € 12.43m was spent to the end of September. This figure includes expenditure on studies and other measures to ensure compliance with all environmental regulations and minimising negative impacts on habitats in the carrying out of maintenance activities. The schemes on which works were carried out are given below. The 2010 maintenance programme is continuing.