Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Somebody must live up to the responsibility or concede, put his or her hands up and say, "We will do this." We are receiving correspondence about Fermoy weir. I am becoming an expert on it, which I never thought I would be. I do not mean to be frivolous about this because it is a very serious issue. We have the cancellation of sporting events and all the consequences of that from an economic point of view. We need a pathway to a resolution. Funding between the county council and the Department was recently announced. It is our third time here discussing this. It is controversial. From talking to Fine Gael councillors who brief me on this, I know that if one reads The Avondhu, one will see articles and letters on the matter almost every week. I have talked to Deputy O'Keeffe, the Chairman, Deputy Buckley and the Minister of State, Deputy Stanton, about this. All we want to do is ensure we get a result.

This goes back to the original proposal of the petition. It is about somebody's failure to adhere to the water framework directive and about putting in place a solution to what we have been speaking about. I do not have the answers. I do not really have a question because I just do not know what to say. We need to come back to this and review where we can go. I thank the witnesses for being here and for their excellent presentations. I have to catch a flight. I apologise for that.