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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (17 Jul 2025)

Noel McCarthy: I must also acknowledge that. I thank the Minister of the State and the Minister, Deputy Chambers, for their support. With reference to Rathcormack, Mogeely, Killeagh and Castlemartyr, they have been in tranche II the catchment flood risk assessment and management, CFRAM, programme for a long period. I welcome the Minister of State's response in that regard. For these villages,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (17 Jul 2025)

Kevin Moran: I thank Deputy McCarthy. I know the pressures he is under as an elected representative, as is everyone in this House. I was in this role before and I know the run of the Department but there are still constraints that do not allow us to deliver the schemes as fast as humanly possible. In regard to Lough Funshinagh, when we went into try to do the work there, we had not dotted our i's or...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (17 Jul 2025)

Question No. 8 taken with Written Answers.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (17 Jul 2025)

Peter Cleere: We will move back to Question No. 4.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Planning Issues (17 Jul 2025)

Planning Issues

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Planning Issues (17 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 4. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the specific reforms under consideration following his Department’s review of barriers to infrastructure delivery; if these reforms will include changes to procurement processes, planning timelines, or inter-agency coordination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40188/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Planning Issues (17 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: Inniu, tá mé ag iarraidh labhairt leis an Aire faoi digital reform. Will the Minister outline the specific reforms under consideration following the Department's review of the barriers for infrastructure delivery, and will these reforms include changes to procurement processes, planning timelines or interagency co-ordination?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Planning Issues (17 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: In April of this year, I announced Government had agreed a series of actions to accelerate the delivery of strategic infrastructure in Ireland. This work, led by my Department, will first identify and assess the barriers impeding the delivery of critical infrastructure across many sectors, including electricity, energy, transport and water. We will then publish an action plan which will...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Protected Disclosures (17 Jul 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: One thing I absolutely encourage and urge the Minister to do is listen to the voices of whistleblowers. That is essential. We have had an issue for far too long whereby whistleblowers highlight wrongdoing and feel that they are persecuted after doing so. Unfortunately, from listening to the real-life experiences of whistleblowers, I do not think the position in that regard has changed. We...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Protected Disclosures (17 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: Obviously, the European Commission presented a report in July of last year. The review will be launched this year and finalised next year. That wider evaluation will be essential in order to monitor the transposition of the directive into law in Ireland and in other member states. It will provide an opportunity for a wider input regarding the reforms that may be required as part of the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Protected Disclosures (17 Jul 2025)

Peter Cleere: As Deputy Heneghan is not here to take Question No. 4, we will move to Deputy Kerrane.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (17 Jul 2025)

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (17 Jul 2025)

Flood Relief Schemes

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (17 Jul 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 5. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on a permanent solution for flooding in Lough Funshinagh in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38435/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (17 Jul 2025)

Claire Kerrane: This question relates to the permanent solution to the flooding that has affected Lough Funshinagh in County Roscommon for years. As the Minister of State is aware - he was there to make sure it happened - there is a temporary solution in place.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (17 Jul 2025)

Kevin Moran: Lough Funshinagh is a designated special area of conservation turlough and has experienced increasingly severe flooding in recent years. Roscommon County Council has implemented temporary flood defences, including road raising and water level management. The council is being supported by an expert working group comprising representatives from the Office of Public Works, OPW, the National...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (17 Jul 2025)

Peter Cleere: I thank the Minister of State. I am just conscious of time.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (17 Jul 2025)

Kevin Moran: I will come back in.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (17 Jul 2025)

Claire Kerrane: I acknowledge the Minister of State's role and that of his predecessor in getting us to the point where the pumps started in March and the very positive impact that has had. As the Minister of State will know, residents living in and around Lough Funshinagh suffered incredibly as a result of the flooding in 2015, 2016 and more recently. They have been surrounded by water for years now....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (17 Jul 2025)

Kevin Moran: I acknowledge and appreciate all the work that has been done, particularly by the people and those in the farming community who live around Lough Funshinagh. It was great to go down there to switch on the pumps. It is great now to see the work on the interim solution coming to fruition, particularly as I was involved with the work on it when I was in government previously. The long-term...