Tony Smyth

Intent: To relate the hardship caused by many farmers and landowners to the devastating floods of last winter::The need for remedial works and maintenance and to resolve barriers that are preventing such works::The need to move on the CFRAMS management strategy::To ensure that farmland is not sacrificed for flood alleviation in towns and villages::A flood management strategy must involve all stakeholders::To ensure that a Single River Authority is put in place for the River Shannon, involving all stakeholders

Details: Flooding of the River Shannon Catchment Area

Intent: To determine OPWs current and future plans for investment and framework and to provide ACEI member views to OPW.

Details: Discussion of a number of issues relevant to consultant engineers including CFRAM, OPW's Capital Investment Programme and future Frameworks.

Intent: Provision of evidence based expertise on economic and infrastructural development

Details: The National Planning Framework

Intent: To put in place remediation measures to address the unprecedented situation where all motor insurers find themselves liable for claims of Setanta Insurance and to request that General Insurers are not forced to act as a guarantor of last resort for their competitors. Specifically - amend the 2011 Insurance Act and amend the 2009 Agreement between the Department of Transport and MIBI

Details: On behalf of members, seeking amendments to the Insurance Act and the agreement between the Motor Insurers' Bureau of Ireland and the Department of Transport

Intent: To highlight issues in relation to flooding and to emphasise the need for effective flood risk management including the construction of flood defences

Details: On behalf of members, to highlight issues in relation to flooding