Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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319. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 284 of 20 March 2024, the up-to-date position in relation to same; when the viability review will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44886/24]

Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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As part of the National Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) studies, Flood Risk Management Plans (FRMPs) were published in May 2018, which identified more than 100 flood relief schemes to be further developed for implementation.

In addition to the identified schemes, a number of further schemes were also found to be technically feasible, but their estimated costs were considered to marginally exceed their long-term benefits, making them not economically viable based on the level of assessment of the CFRAM studies.

The FRMPs included the recommendation to undertake a review of these potential schemes to confirm in greater detail the likely viability of a scheme for each community. Mountrath was included as an Area for Further Assessment (AFA). In 2024, the Office of Public Works (OPW) progressed a scheme viability review for the town of Mountrath. The OPW is liaising with Laois County Council to finalise the outcome of this scheme viability review imminently.