Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has had engagement in relation to the repair of a weir (details supplied) in County Cork. [60510/21]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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Funding maintenance and repair of weirs is not a matter that falls within the remit of my Department, which has no specific funding line for such projects.

Notwithstanding that, in view of the strategic importance of this project from an economic, social and environmental perspective, a once off allocation of €175,000 from the Local Government Fund was approved in 2019 so that initial works could get underway. This support was provided in order to cover 50% of the consultancy costs, but was not drawn down at the time. The allocation was carried forward to 2021 and the first tranche was drawn down earlier this year.

Beyond this, my Department has no role in the matter.