Written answers
Tuesday, 17 October 2017
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Flood Relief Schemes Funding
Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent)
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443. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding is available to assist farmers in County Donegal located near a river (details supplied) to clear it in view of the fact their farms were flooding in August 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43933/17]
Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The Arterial Drainage Acts of 1945 and 1995 provide the Office of Public Works with powers for drainage and improvement of agricultural land and the undertaking of localised flood defence schemes to reduce flood risk in urban areas. The Arterial Drainage Acts and SI 122 of 2010 Regulations also introduced OPW consent requirements for the creation and modification of watercourses, embankments, weirs and bridges. As such, any request for funding to assist in the clearing of the relevant river should be made to the Office of Public Works.
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