Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Go raibh maith agat. Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit agus a chomhghleacaithe. Tá cúpla ceist agam anseo.

We have figures for the schemes that will progress and the schemes that are targeted. As anybody who has been following this for a couple of years, the same schemes appear to be on the same lists year after year. I was looking at the list from 2015, which in fairness was before the Minister of State took office, there was a target to commence seven major flood relief schemes, but none was commenced in 2015. The target for 2016 was to commence five schemes and seven were commenced. Is it fair to say that the seven schemes that were commenced in 2016 were the seven schemes that were to be commenced in 2015 and were not delivered? I refer to the south Ennis scheme. When Deputy Simon Harris was the Minister of State with responsibility for the OPW, he told the Dáil the scheme would commence in 2015. He later informed the House that he anticipated that construction would commence in 2016 and would take 18 months to complete. Now Deputy Canney is informing us today that it will commence in 2017. Is my description of the south Ennis scheme correct?