Terence Flanagan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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108. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount budgeted for flood and coastal defences for 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2042/14]

Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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The total amount currently provided in the Vote of the Office of Public Works for 2014 in respect of the management of riverine and coastal flood risk is €45 million.

This provision will enable progress to be made this year under the OPW's main flood risk management areas as follows: under the Major Flood Relief Schemes Programme, four schemes will be completed, six projects will commence construction and a further twenty schemes will continue to be progressed towards implementation; the OPW will continue to provide funding to Local Authorities to carry out small scale measures under the Minor Works and Coastal Protection Scheme; major studies being undertaken under the Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management Programme (CFRAM) will continue in order to identify areas of significant risk and produce plans of measures to address these risks.

Further sums totalling €15.8m are provided in the OPW 2014 Vote for maintenance of completed arterial drainage and flood relief schemes and collection of river flow data.

It would also be open to Local Authorities to carry out flood mitigation works using their own resources.