Dáil Éireann Debate, Monday - 9 September 2024
442. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the Office of Public Works intends on cleaning a river (details supplied) for which it has responsibility, as this river and its banks have not been cleaned for six years and is totally overgrown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35617/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Office of Public Works (OPW) is responsible for the maintenance of arterial drainage schemes completed under the Arterial Drainage Acts, 1945 and 1995, as amended.
The location concerned forms part of the Corrib-Headford Arterial Drainage Scheme. The channels at the location concerned are currently included in the OPW Annual Maintenance Programme for 2025 and will be surveyed in the coming weeks to plan the scope of works involved.
