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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, May 09, 2016

QUESTION NO. 16

QUESTION: Councillor G. O'Connell

To ask the Chief Executive for a report on areas of the County that are (“officially” and/or by Insurance Companies) described as “areas in Danger of Flooding” and to include in his report the basis for such a description, what actions this Council had taken over the past 20 years to alleviate or eliminate such risks, with what success and what support can be given to residents who have been refuse a quote by an Insurance Company “because they are located on a flood risk”

REPLY:

The Catchment Flood Risk Assessment Management (CFRAM) programme commenced in 2011. The CFRAM Programme is central to the medium to long-term strategy for the reduction and management of flood risk in Ireland.

THE OPW is the lead agency for flood risk management in Ireland and they work in close partnership with all Local Authorities.

Flood Hazard and Risk Mapping was carried out for the Eastern CFRAM area and presented at Public Consultations in late 2015.

These maps indicate the probable extent of flooding in the studied areas and assign a probability for a flood event, so a 1% annual event would have a probability of 1 in 100 of occurring.

The maps are available online at www.cfram.ie

We are not aware of the criteria used by Insurance companies in assessing Flood Risk.

However we understand that the OPW and Insurance companies intend to discuss the review of flood risks on completion of flood alleviation works identified under the CFRAM programme.

Previous to the CFRAM programme, SDCC identified and carried out works directly on streams and rivers such as; The Camac, The Owendoher, The Griffeen, The Oldcourt stream, Corkagh Park and surface water drainage schemes such as New Road Clondalkin, Mill lane Saggart and Lucan Village.