AQW 14606/22-27 Written question to the Minister for Infrastructure
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) any efforts his Department has made to secure the necessary ring-fenced funding to develop a Flood Forecasting Centre, included in the the Budget 2024-25 Equality Impact Assessment Public Consultation; and (ii) any response there has been in relation to this.
Asked by Andrew McMurray MLA on 6 September 2024
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 6 September 2024
- Answer due by
- 23 September 2024
- Answered
- 24 September 202418 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Infrastructure
- Priority question
- No
Answer
Currently due to budgetary constraints my Department is operating a limited flood risk management service with no provision to fund a Flood Forecasting Centre.
My Department submitted a transformation bid for the delivery of a Flood Forecasting Centre. As this is a digital bid, it is being considered as part of a digital landscape review, the outcome of which is not expected until later this year.