Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The priority for most people is to have a scheme that works and that protects the city from flooding. We are all aware of the devastating flooding events in the past but people expect the scheme to be implemented in the best possible way to minimise intrusiveness and physical barriers and to make it as attractive and as aesthetically pleasing as possible. Has the tidal barrier option been assessed by the OPW or has the Minister of State had it independently examined?