January 2016 Meeting of Leitrim County Council
Notice of Motions in the name of Cllr Sinead Guckian
At the January meeting of Leitrim County Council, I will ask the Chief Executive if the Council’s full costs for dealing with the flooding in the county, both material and manpower costs, will be met by the Government. I will also ask for the support of Members in requesting that the OPW includes as a priority, under their CFRAM project (Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management project) areas where agricultural lands and public infrastructure are affected by flooding. Following the recent public consultation process, it is evident that clusters and urban centres of domestic and commercial buildings are being given priority and consideration, under the Risk Assessment reports and maps, but little regard is given to farmlands, public infrastructure (such as roads, bridges and amenities) and less densely populated communities susceptible to flooding.
REPLY FROM THE CEO:
The Government, having sought estimated costs of exceptional costs incurred by Local Authorities that could not be met from their existing resources during the response to the flooding and in the post flooding clean up, has put in place funding of €8m in this regard. Leitrim County Council is engaging with the recoupment claims process and expect that all such exceptional costs will be covered through this fund. In addition Local Authorities have also been asked to submit estimates for any damage caused to public infrastructure in their administrative area during this period
