Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State and his officials for coming before the joint committee. The flood risk management schemes in Mallow and Fermoy were both very successful. The Minister of State has said the final accounts will be agreed for the Mallow south and Fermoy south schemes in 2016. What is the full projected cost in 2017 of the two schemes?

On the intervention of the Minister of State regarding the memorandum of understanding which has now been signed with the OPW, I know for a fact that insurance providers represented by Insurance Ireland are flatly stating they will not provide flood insurance in the Munster Blackwater region which includes Fermoy and Mallow. What is the response of the Minister of State? If both areas have a flood risk management scheme which has been tested and proved to work and be effective and certain component members of Insurance Ireland state they will not provide insurance in certain parts of the Munster Blackwater region, we have a serious issue. I would like to hear the response of the Minister of State.