Ms Catherine Kirwan:

It is worth looking again at the map on page 8 of our document, which shows that the OPW walls scheme finishes at the tip of the island. When I was going to the train station this morning, I noticed that the water at Horgan's Quay was quite high and it occurred to me that in the future, the quay would not be protected by the OPW walls scheme, but it would be protected by the Save Cork City tidal barrier, which has been recommended by people who have significant experience with tidal barriers. I do not mean to insult any of the OPW personnel when I say they have built tidal barriers, and supervised the construction of such barriers, but a sea-based tidal barrier has never previously been built in Ireland. There is always a first time. It should happen in this case. It will happen in the future, so why not now?