Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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204. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a decision will issue in relation to funding for a flood prevention scheme (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37813/14]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The flood alleviation project for the St. Flannan's College and Ballybeg areas in Ennis (known as the Ennis South Flood relief Scheme) is being progressed by Clare County Council with funding from the Office of Public Works (OPW).

The OPW and the Council are currently in discussion regarding aspects of the cost benefit analysis report prepared by the Council's consultants for the identified scheme option. It is expected that these matters will be finalised shortly. Provided the final cost benefit analysis confirms that the proposal is economically viable, approval will be granted for the scheme to continue.

The OPW has made provision for the scheme in its multi-annual budget profiles.