Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a detailed progress report on remedial works carried out to date in Glanmire, County Cork, following the flooding in June; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41321/12]

Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when consultants and engineers will be put in place to carry out flood prevention measures at Glanmire, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41322/12]

Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 212 and 213 together.

On 4 July, Cork County Council submitted a number of applications for funding under the Office of Public Works' Minor Flood Works scheme, including an application in relation to a study of the Glashaboy River at Glanmire. At a meeting on 31 July between Cork County Council and the OPW, it was agreed that the Council would appoint consulting engineers to undertake a detailed study to investigate potential mitigation options for the town, with funding from the OPW. The study, which will build on and develop the analysis carried out as part of the River Lee Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Study, will take a number of months to complete. It is a matter for the Council to procure the consultants and progress the study.

It would be open to the Council to submit an application under the Minor Flood Works scheme for any small-scale interim measures that may be identified, compatible with the CFRAM, pending the completion of the study.