Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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215. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of an area (details supplied) in County Mayo in respect of the Office of Public Works' recently published draft flood hazard and flood risk map; if he is aware that this area has experienced frequent flooding since 1960; his plans to alleviate the flood risk issue in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42336/15]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Kilcummin Pier, Kilcummin, Ballina, Co. Mayo is not an Area for Further Assessment (AFA) within the Western Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) study, as it was not deemed to be an area of potentially significant flood risk under the Preliminary Flood Risk Assessment (PFRA) which was completed in 2011. For more information on the PFRA please see www.cfram.ie It is not therefore covered by the scope of the CFRAM study.

Local flooding and coastal protection issues are matters for local authorities to investigate and address in the first instance. It is open to Mayo County Council to carry out flood mitigation and coastal protection works using its own resources. The Office of Public Works operates a Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme. The Scheme's eligibility criteria include a requirement that any measures are cost beneficial. Details are published on the OPW website www.opw.ie. It is not available for repair of damaged infrastructure or for maintenance of existing flood defence or coastal protection assets. It is open to the Council to submit a funding application under the Scheme. Any application received will be considered in accordance with the eligibility criteria and having regard to the overall availability of resources for flood risk management.