The Office of Public Works has a flood relief scheme planned for Monaghan Town.
That’s according to Jim Casey, head of flood risk management at the OPW.
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He was speaking in front of the Oireachtas’ Public Accounts Committee last week.
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Mr. Casey explained that the plan for Monaghan town is to protect 47 properties, with an estimated cost of €12.5 million.
The OPW has 150 schemes coming out of its national catchment-based flood risk assessment and management programme.
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Mr. Casey explained that the first 100 projects are being rolled out under Tranche 1 of the programme.
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However, Monaghan falls into the Tranche 2 category, and will not be undertaken until the first tranche is completed.
Local TD, Cathy Bennett, asked the OPW to “consider” moving Monaghan “up the list.”
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Speaking in the committee, Deputy Bennett said she looked at the list, and claimed that a “lot of money has been spent down south.”
She said that “Monaghan seems to have been forgotten about.”
