Mr. John Hegarty:

We are also saying build it now because it is not as expensive as the OPW said it would be. The estimates and the outline design that were referenced in relation to cost estimates was for a tidal barrier in Rotterdam that is wider than the Eiffel Tower is high and that has no bearing on any type of solution for Cork. That is where the estimates came from in terms of costs. It also came from a document, Rivers 2040, where the diagram of the barrier is back to front and would not be able to open onto the hillside landscape of Passage West. That is the very simple outline basis of something that is not thought through. The figures are enormous figures but we do not believe a tidal barrier would cost that amount. We have a tidal barrier costed by HR Wallingford and if anyone wants to talk to them they can ring them up and talk to them or meet them. They know what they are talking about. A tidal barrier would work for Cork and it is cost-effective.