Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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73. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans the OPW has for a maintenance plan on the Bulkaun river in Ballinrobe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24132/18]

Kevin Moran (Longford-Westmeath, Independent)
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The Office of Public Works (OPW) carries out a programme of Arterial Drainage Maintenance to a total of 11,500 km of river channel and approximately 730 km of embankments. These maintenance works relate to arterial drainage schemes completed by the OPW under the Arterial Drainage Acts 1945 and 1995. The OPW is required to maintain these designated drainage schemes in proper repair and effective condition.

The Bulkaun river in Ballinrobe is part of the OPW arterial drainage scheme. The OPW carried out instream tree maintenance earlier this year. Further weed and vegetation cutting is scheduled for the end of June 2018, taking into account available resources and environmental conditions.