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CLARE County Council reached settlements totaling € 8,837 on pothole related public liability claims since 2012.
The figures for public liability and employee liability claims settled or in process for 2012 and 2013 were revealed at yesterday’s meeting of Clare County Council.
Cllr Brian Meaney requested the information in a motion submitted to the adjourned March meeting.
He stated, “I request a case by case listing of all public liability and employee liability claims lodged settled or in process against Clare County Council for the year 2012, 2013”.
The Fianna Fáíl councillor also requested details of any legal costs arising from the claims.
The figures supplied by Clare County County Council show € 4,269 was paid out in pothole settlements in 2012.
Almost half of the settlements re late to a pothole in the Claureen area of Ennis.
In 2012, the council agreed settlements of € 2,117 for claims made in relation to potholes in Claureen.
Cllr Meaney questioned what measures the council is taking to ensure it doesn’t have to make further payments for pothole related claims.
He said in the case of Claureen pothole, it might be more accurate to call it the “Claureen chasm”.
Cllr Meaney also questioned what work had been done to repair a pothole in Fanore, which he said seems to have become more of a “fissure”.
The figures show that the council agreed a settlement of € 3,369.24 in 2013 for a claim arising from a pothole on the Fanore Coast Road.
“Did the car fall in, in its entirety to the thing or what happened”, asked Cllr Meaney.
He also sought further information on why the council paid out a settlement of € 10,912 in 2012 for a defective public litterbin in Shannon town.
Senior Executive Officer, Michael McNamara told the meeting that he did not have the information to hand.