Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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338. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will liaise with Leitrim County Council to put a fund in place to help stabilise the situation in Drumkeerin in the wake of the recent landslide; if additional funding will be allocated to the council to reinstate the roads affected by the landslide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15902/20]

Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael)
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Under the National Emergency Management Framework responsibility for responding to these events is the statutory responsibility of the relevant local authority.

In relation to the bog slide in the Drumkeeran area assistance in the form of emergency funding to deal with the aftermath of these type of events has, in the recent past, generally come from Government to the relevant local authority through the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, allowing the local authority to procure contractors to undertake the necessary clean up and remedial works. The OPW is in contact with Engineers in Leitrim County Council and providing advice as required.