Written answers
Wednesday, 2 April 2014
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure
Brendan Griffin (Kerry South, Fine Gael)
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120. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the list of applications and amounts involved that his Department has received from Kerry County Council under the current minor flood prevention works programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15669/14]
Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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Details of applications received from Kerry County Council under the Office of Public Works Minor Flood Works and Coastal Protection Scheme in the period 2009-2013 are shown in the following tables.
Minor Works Scheme applications submitted by Kerry County Council 2009-2013
Approved Works
| Project Location | Project Details | Funding Approved € | Date Approved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballyard | Works – Remove silt and accumulated stone from river & install additional drainage culvert. | 13,500 | 20/10/09 |
| Caherleheen | Works – Widen culvert to Caherheen Bridge & incorporate river flow improvements. | 27,000 | 20/10/09 |
| Cappaclough, Camp | To clean silt and sand from drainage channels and river | 5,400 | 02/08/11 |
| Cromane (Coastal) | Embankment strengthening works | 100,000 | 23/02/12 |
| Cullavaw River, Rathmore | The removal of bushes, shrubbery & overhanging branches along the channel for 5.5 kms Some removal of deposition from the channels | 40,000 | 14/10/13 |
| Emlaghslat, Ventry | To clean silt and sand from rivers & estuary of rivers | 4,500 | 02/08/11 |
| Emlagh West | To clear channel to increase hydraulic capacity | 6,300 | 02/08/11 |
| Fenit Road (Coastal) | Fenit Road Coastal Protection Scheme – Rock revetment & buttressing embankments | 765,000 | 30/09/09 |
| Feoghanagh | Clean silt and sand from rivers and estuaries | 5,400 | 20/10/09 |
| Gallarus, Ballydavid | To clean silt and sand from rivers & estuary of rivers | 6,300 | 02/08/11 |
| Glenflesk | Study of recurring flooding in Glenflesk Village and N22 | 13,500 | 20/10/09 |
| Goulane-Maherees | Clean silt and sand from rivers and estuaries | 9,000 | 20/10/09 |
| Incherea (coastal) | The strengthening and raising of an existing embankment | 80,000 | 23/02/12 |
| Kenmare Town | Flood Ass & hydrometric study of the River Finnihy Removal of beam / drain under Finnihy Bridge / Installation of gauges / Establish monitoring programme (not proceeding with the removal of beam/drain) | 112,500 | 20/10/09 23/02/12 |
| Lough Guitane, Killarney | To construct a RC flood defence wall | 13,950 | 30/11/12 |
| Milltown Village | Study | 2,700 | 01/06/10 |
| Sneem | Flood Ass & hydrometric study of Sneem/Ardshellhane River | 18,000 | 20/10/09 |
Non-Approved Works
| - | - | - | Non-Approved Works |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project Location | Project Details | Funding Requested € | Application Year |
| Cromane | Embankment works (additional funding request) | 90,000 | 2012 |
| Sneem | Flood Study | 20,000 | 2011 |
| Fossa, Killarney | Works | 150,000 | 2009,2010,2011 |
| Tralee | Town Flood Relief Scheme Review | 30,000 | 2011 |
| Killarney | Flood Study | 80,000 | 2011 |
| Milltown Village, Ashullish Stream | Works | 10,000 | 2011 |
| Abbeydorney Village | Flood Study | 18,000 | 2011 |
| Ardfert* | Works | 287,760 | 2010,2011 |
| Akeragh Lough | Flood Study | 50,000 | 2010, 2011 |
| Gortnacooka Bridge, Ballylongford | Works | 75,000 | 2011 |
| Flesk & Deenagh Rivers | Flood Study | 80,000 | 2010 |
| N70 Caherleaheen | Road related and bridge Works | 234,890 | 2010 |
| Caher, Castlegregory | Road related Works | 15,000 | 2009 |
| Cappalough | Road related Works | 6,000 | 2009 |
| Emlaghslat | Road related Works | 5,000 | 2009 |
| Gallurus | Road related Works | 7,000 | 2009 |
| Akeragh Lough | Study & Works | 130,000 | 2009 |
Note 1: The table above for Non-Approved Projects includes applications that were submitted and re-submitted by the Council in different years for the same works or slight variations on the works eg Fossa, Ardfert
Note 2: In May 2012 the criteria for Coastal applications under the Minor Works Scheme were revised and local authorities were asked to resubmit applications for any Coastal works for assessment under the new criteria. There were a number of coastal applications that Kerry County Council had submitted prior to this change but which the Council did not resubmit following the change. The earlier applications are deemed to have lapsed and are not shown in the above table.
The above tables do not include any applications that Kerry County Council submitted to the OPW to date in 2014 in relation to the damage to coastal defence infrastructure caused by the severe weather in the December 2013 – February 2014 period.
The Government decided on 11 February 2014 to make available up to €69.5 million for a programme of repair and remediation works to roads, coastal protection and flood defence and other public infrastructure damaged in the storms from 13 December 2013 to 6th January 2014 based on estimates provided by the local authorities concerned. Of the total amount being made available, up to €19.6 million is available via the Office of Public Works for the repair of damaged coastal protection and flood defence infrastructure.
The Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government has written to Kerry County Council indicating, based on the estimate submitted by the Council to that Department, that up to €1,226,920 is being made available to the Council via the OPW to undertake the necessary repair works to damaged coastal protection and flood defence infrastructure.
The Council must submit overall programmes of works to the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government detailing how it proposes to spend the total allocation that is being made available. The Council must also submit the relevant elements of its programme to each Department from whom funding will be made available for consideration of technical aspects of the proposed works. When the Council's programme of coastal protection and flood defence projects is received by the OPW it will be reviewed having regard to related guidance issued by the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government to the local authorities. The OPW has written to the local authorities indicating that in order to assist them in a practical way and to avoid any potential cash-flow issues, it will consider requests for advance funding of up to 80% of the estimated cost of approved projects where a contract for works has been made.
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