Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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189. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an application by a local authority for funding under the minor flood mitigation works and coastal protection scheme would negatively affect an application to secure funding for works under the catchment flood risk assessment and management programme by the same local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16561/16]

Seán Canney (Galway East, Independent)
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All applications received under the Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme are assessed on a case by case basis.

In the case where an application is received that falls within an Area of Further Assessment(AFA) this will be considered having regard to the implications of the application on the preferred option emerging under the Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management Programme (CFRAM). That consideration will have regard to the nature and scale of the application and how closely aligned or otherwise it is with the CFRAM preferred option. An application for funding to undertake small scale works may not have any significant impacts whereas larger scale works may affect the viability of the preferred scheme for the AFA and would be unlikely to be approved for funding.

Therefore, each application will need to be considered having regard to the particular circumstance in each case.