Chairman:

I gave this section 23 minutes which is considerably longer than we would normally give for an answer because I wanted to be fair to the OPW and also the campaign from Cork. Our committee has heard much good information on this matter and I thank both the campaign and the OPW for coming before the committee and educating it on the pros and cons of the flood prevention proposals from both organisations. We appreciate it. I wish both groups a safe journey back to Cork.

The committee will now go into private session to deal with a number of issues.