Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will get back to the locations issue, as it was a problem in south Galway. The maps for Gort and Kinvarra were on display in Oranmore, although they were folded. There was no map in Oranmore for Kinvarra and it could only be seen on a laptop. It could not be accessed through the wall displays. There was a display of a farmyard from south Galway with Office of Public Works branding and the invitation to flood risk meetings. The Minister of State has argued we were not discussing south Galway but the visuals of farmland from south Galway were being used. I have the image on my phone and I will show it to the Minister of State afterwards. The Minister of State knows the people of south Galway all too well.

Regarding another project or anything else for south Galway, at all times we held public consultations. The OPW held public consultations and they were on display. We have seen the aerial drainage for two years in a row. I am a bit disappointed with the ten years because we have already bought into a three-year process of doing a CFRAM report. Now we are telling the people that we are still not finished, but it will take 18 months off in the best-case scenario or worst-case scenario depending on how one looks at it. Wherever one is along the pecking order, one is ten years from seeing any flood defence mechanism put in place. That is not welcome reassurance for many people along the banks of the Shannon.