Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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352. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works will provide the necessary funding to provide proper coastal protection at the area at Kilshannig in Castlegregory, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33422/14]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (DoECLG) informed Kerry County Council, based on the estimate submitted by the Council to that Department, that up to €1,226,920 is available to the Council via the Office of Public Works (OPW) to undertake the necessary repair works to coastal protection and flood defence infrastructure damaged during the Winter storms.

The Council submitted overall programmes of works to the DoECLG detailing how it proposed to spend the total allocation and submitted the relevant elements of its programme to the OPW. Separately, the Council submitted a funding application for €500,000 under the OPW's Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme for coastal repair works at Kilshannig. However, as these works were not included in the Council's programme, there is no specific provision for them in the Council's allocation of €1,226,920.

The funding application for Kilshannig and other applications submitted by the Council that fall outside of the storm damage funding envelope will be considered having regard to the relevant eligibility criteria of the Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection scheme and the overall availability of resources for flood risk management.