The Office of Public Works has a programme of flood relief schemes, which are at different stages of development and which are designed to alleviate flooding in specific, mainly urban, locations. The details of this programme are as follows:
River Suir (Clonmel) Drainage Schemes
Munster Blackwater (Mallow) Drainage Schemes
Munster Blackwater (Fermoy) Drainage Schemes
River Fergus (Ennis) Certified Drainage Schemes
John's River (Waterford) Drainage Schemes
Barrow River (Carlow) Certified Drainage Schemes
River Slaney (Enniscorthy) Drainage Scheme
Avoca River (Arklow) Drainage Scheme
River Mall (Templemore) Drainage Scheme
Mornington River (Mornington) Drainage Scheme
River Slaney (Tullow) Drainage Scheme
River Pil (Pilltown) Drainage Scheme
Portarlington, Co. Laois
Rye Water, Leixlip, Co. Kildare
Harry's Mall, Limerick
River Lee, Cork City,
River Tolka, Dublin and Meath
New Ross, Wexford
River Dodder, Dublin
In addition, a number of other locations are currently being considered. The following is a list of works completed to date:
Mulkear River, Newport, Co. Tipperary
Nanny River, Duleek, Co. Meath
Sixmilebridge, Co. Clare
Gort Town, Bridge Street, Co. Galway
Lacken (Ardrahan), Co. Galway
Mulkear River, Cappamore, Co. Limerick
Maam Valley, Co. Galway
Bridgend, Co. Donegal
Shinkeen Stream, Hazelhatch, Co. Kildare
Bandon River, Dunmanway, Co. Cork
Suir River, Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary
River Nore (Kilkenny City) Drainage Scheme.
There has also been a number of minor works completed in conjunction with Local Authorities:
Drumcollogher, Co. Limerick
Belhavel, Co. Leitrim
Avoca, Aughrim & Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow
Morrell River, Co. Kildare
Lyreen-Meadowbrook Rivers, Co. Kildare
Al River, Athlone, Co. Westmeath
Freemount, Co. Cork
Scotch Quay, Waterford City
Mullinahone, Co. Tipperary
Kinvara, Co. Galway
Clancy's Strand, Limerick City.
In addition, OPW is promoting a range of non-structural measures, aimed at raising awareness of flood risk and thereby improving management of the risk to try to prevent future flooding and to minimise damage and other consequences where prevention is not feasible. Expenditure on the above flood relief programmes will be €32 million in the coming year.
OPW also has a rolling programme of maintenance of Arterial Drainage Schemes which it carried out under the Arterial Drainage Act 1945 and which, in addition to providing improved outfall for agricultural land drainage, also provides some level of protection in built-up areas. Expenditure on this programme next year will be approximately €18 million.