Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

A key aspect of that memorandum of understanding is not just that major new or remedial works are done, but that part of that remedial work has a clause in it that there is ongoing monitoring and maintenance of the thing itself. As we discovered, in Douglas two years ago a particular type of sluice gate was installed but was not monitored, so when it got jammed it flooded the whole village. The insurance companies are right to say it is not good enough to do the work. One needs to oversee that they are operating. That needs to be a key performance indicator, that we put the works in but ensure the certainty it gives home owners, businesses and the industry is maintained by supervision.