Written answers
Tuesday, 16 July 2013
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Flood Prevention Measures
Paudie Coffey (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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395. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total amount of capital investment made by his Department in flood defence improvements in the past five years; if he will provide a breakdown of each project in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35340/13]
Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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During the period from 2008 to 2012, the Office of Public Works expended €186.9 million on its Capital Budget for Flood Relief Activities throughout the country. Approximately €135 million of this amount was spent directly on major flood relief projects during this period with a further €23.5 million approx. expended on the Minor Works Scheme where OPW provides funding to Local Authorities for flood relief works and studies up to a limit of €0.5million for each project. The details of the minor works projects funded by OPW can be found on the OPW website www.opw.ie. The main part of the balance of expenditure in the period was related to the Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) project which is a major study of the most vulnerable flood risk areas in the country.
The following table sets out the investment directly attributable to projects either at design stage, construction stage or post construction.
| Flood Relief Project | 2008 (Costs in €,000s) | 2009 (Costs in €,000s) | 2010 (Costs in €,000s) | 2011 (Costs in €,000s) | 2012 (Costs in €,000s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mallow, Co Cork | 4,900 | 7,729 | 2,639 | 4,657 | 3,383 |
| Clonmel, Co Tipperary | 5,550 | 7,439 | 5,487 | 11,275 | 4,129 |
| Ennis, Co Clare | 2,873 | 4,695 | 1,996 | 2,391 | 287 |
| Fermoy, Co Cork | 127 | 1,679 | 3,481 | 1,114 | 5,852 |
| Carlow Town, Co Carlow | 0 | 0 | 223 | 1,088 | 2,731 |
| Johnstown, Co Kildare | 0 | 38 | 814 | 1,470 | 715 |
| Mornington, Co Meath | 128 | 645 | 1,656 | 1,134 | 479 |
| Tolka River, Dublin and Meath | 191 | 859 | 1,061 | 15 | 1,897 |
| Claregalway, Co Galway | 0 | 0 | 176 | 1,445 | 801 |
| Waterford City | 30 | 500 | 2,700 | 600 | 3,183 |
| Tullamore, Co Offaly | 22 | 0 | 14 | 799 | |
| Bray, Co Wicklow | 223 | 299 | 1,727 | 0 | 7,074 |
| River Dodder, Dublin | 2,196 | 2,764 | 1,529 | 791 | 2,149 |
| Templemore FRS | 0 | 59 | 8 | 0 | 40 |
| Wad River, Dublin | 0 | 104 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| Enniscorthy, Co Wexford | 93 | 106 | 13 | 0 | 40 |
| Arklow, Co Wicklow | 90 | 120 | 10 | 0 | 43 |
| Bandon, Co Cork | 0 | 0 | 20 | 187 | 114 |
| Lower Lee (Cork City) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Skibbereen, Co Cork | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Dunkellin River, Co Galway | 0 | 0 | 160 | 73 | 0 |
| Ballymakeera, Co Cork | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| Crossmolina, Co Mayo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Raphoe, Co Donegal | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clontarf, Dublin | 0 | 0 | 553 | 0 | 0 |
| Ballymacoda, Co Cork | 0 | 210 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry's Mall, Limerick | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kilkenny City | 787 | 1,180 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leixlip, Co Kildare | 2,019 | 777 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mullingar, Co Westmeath | 130 | 233 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Ross, Co Wexford | 0 | 125 | 110 | 0 | 0 |
| NewcastleWest | 0 | 300 | 67 | 0 | 0 |
| Spencer Dock, Dublin | 880 | 159 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minor Works Scheme (Contributions to Local Authorities)) | 0 | 1800 | 9,660 | 5237 | 4,752 |
| Minor Works Scheme (Direct Works undertaken by OPW) | 776 | 145 | 551 | 480 | 140 |
In addition to the capital investment programme, the OPW spent a further €85million during this period on its ongoing programme of maintenance of existing arterial drainage schemes. OPW currently has ten major flood relief schemes at construction with a further 26 schemes at various stages of planning and design. The Government has allocated €44.5million for capital related flood relief activities in 2013.
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