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

I come back to funding. Based on the report the Minister of State read to us this morning, €19 million has been spent in the year to date after eight months. Are we on target to have the full budget of €80 million spent on capital projects this year?

The Minister of State spoke earlier about the Wild Atlantic Way and Ireland's Ancient East. I would like to think that the OPW would work with Fáilte Ireland in recognising the value of the lakelands, given that the main artery, the River Shannon, runs by Clonmacnoise, Athlone Castle, St. John's in Limerick and Portumna Castle. We call on the OPW to support the branding of the lakelands.

As was the case with another Deputy, I will be parochial for a moment. I believe we are only about three months away from the next flood in south Galway. What message can I bring back to the people of south Galway? I want to say that today in Dublin I met representatives of the OPW and asked them to outline the plan for south Galway. What is the plan?