Flood Risk Management

Tuesday, 2 December 2025

Ceisteanna (111)

Joe Cooney

Ceist:

111. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Transport if the preferred option of a technically viable drainage scheme that would prevent flooding at Ballycar, contained within the report undertaken by consultant engineers RPS for Iarnród Eireann and stakeholder representatives from Clare County Council, the Office of Public Works, the Geological Survey Ireland and the National Parks & Wildlife Services, has been costed; if that project is included for delivery in the NDP 2026–2030 Department’s Sectoral Investment Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67625/25]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Transport

The Deputy may be aware my predecessor, Eamon Ryan, previously met with the then Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works, Patrick O’Donovan, to discuss the complex issues in relation to flooding in the Ballycar area. At that meeting the OPW Chair advised he would reconvene the steering group behind a December 2020 Report on Ballycar to continue discussions.

The steering group in question includes Iarnród Éireann, the OPW, Clare County Council and the Geological Survey Ireland. Officials from my Department will engage with the OPW on reconvening the group with a view to progressing the matter, including how these works will be funded.