Jim Daly (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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275. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the provisions incorporated in the overall proposed flood relief scheme for the Bandon River to ensure the village of Innishannon, County Cork is also given adequate protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1294/16]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The village of Innishannon, County Cork is not part of the proposed Bandon Flood Relief Scheme. Innishannon is one of 300 locations nationwide that is being assessed under the OPW's Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Programme. The CFRAM Programme involves the production of predictive flood risk and hazard mapping for each location, the development of appropriate and viable preliminary flood risk management options and the production of flood risk management plans. Under the South Western CFRAM Study, draft flood maps for Innishannon have been produced and were the subject of a local Public Consultation Day on 13 February 2015.Following the conclusion on 23 December 2015 of the national statutory public consultation on the draft flood maps, the maps will be finalised in early 2016.

Work on the Preliminary flood risk management options phase of the CFRAM Study is underway. In that regard, a Public Consultation Day was held in Innishannon on 1 December 2015.

Following the finalisation of the flood mapping and the identification of appropriate and viable preliminary flood risk management options, the final output from this important project will be integrated Flood Risk Management Plans containing specific measures to address in a comprehensive and sustainable way the flood risks identified in the South Western River Basin District including Innishannon. The CFRAM Programme will be used to determine national priorities for future State investment in flood defences. Further information is available on the South Western CFRAM Study website www.southwestcframstudy.ie.