Written answers
Thursday, 2 June 2011
Department of Finance
Flood Relief
5:00 pm
Michael McCarthy (Cork South West, Labour)
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Question 52: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a progress report on plans to dredge the Bandon River, County Cork; if funding has been sanctioned to Cork County Council to enable such works to be carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14034/11]
Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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The Office of Public Works received an application from Cork County Council in April, 2011 requesting funding to carry out river cleaning works on the Bandon River in the vicinity of Bandon Town under the Minor Flood Mitigation Works Scheme. A reply issued to the Council on 17th May, 2011 indicating that the Office of Public Works is not prepared to approve funding for this application, at this time, as a Feasibility Study is currently under way in relation to the flooding issues in Bandon. This study will provide the basis on which further decisions will be made in relation to any possible flood relief measures for the town, including dredging of the channel. The study will be completed later this year.
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