Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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237. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if Ireland has submitted its flood management plans in line with the EU Floods Directive, that is, Directive 2007/60/EC; and the details of same with a specific emphasis on whether Ireland has reported on the flood relief management plans as required by the directive. [43747/18]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The national catchment-based Flood Risk Assessment and Management  (CFRAM) Programme, compiled by the OPW in conjunction with the Local Authorities and other partners delivered twenty-nine Flood Risk Management Plans; one for each of the river basins covering the territory of the country.

The Plans set out a series of proposed measures to address flood risk and were developed in line with the requirements of the EU 'Floods' Directive (2007/60/EC).

The ‘Floods’ Directive was transposed into Irish law by the European Communities (Assessment and Management of Flood Risk)regulations 2010 (Statutory Instrument No. 122 of 2010). The Plans were approved by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in April 2018 and were subsequently reported to the European Commission in May 2018. The Plans are published and available to the public to view through the OPW flood information web-portal; www.floodinfo.ie.