Seán Canney (Galway East, Independent) | Oireachtas source

What do I say to the people about south Galway? As the Deputy knows, Galway County Council has made an application to the OPW for funding to commence works on the design of the initiatives for south Galway. GSI has been engaged to carry out further modelling of the turloughs which are a major issue down there. The object of the exercise is to present a strategic plan where we will try to drain or at least alleviate the flooding starting from the sea and working back. As the Deputy knows, the OPW will have a meeting tomorrow evening with the local authority in Galway to see how that is progressing. I am not happy that it is progressing as quickly as it should do. However, I took steps a number of weeks ago when I met the county manager and the director of services to reiterate my concerns over the lack of progress. We will work in partnership with the local authority to expedite whatever works can be done there.