Joe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael)
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58. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the use of tyres in flood defence works, particularly given their use in other jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36737/15]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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According to the Environmental Protection Agency the environmental impact of using tyres in flood defence works is still unknown.

The Office of Public Works does not use tyres on its flood defence schemes and until the evidence supporting the flood defence benefits outweigh the environmental issues, the OPW is not considering their use for future flood defence schemes.