Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

There is a great deal more we could mention. On the islands, I refer to the piers in Inis Meáin and Inis Oírr. The planning permission for the pier in Inis Oírr was received in 2008, amazingly. It is now 2020 and the pier has not yet started. Money was apparently a problem in 2012 and 2013, but at the end of 2015 the Minister for Finance at the time provided all the money. However, nothing has been spent except on preparation. There was talk about doing a business plan. Is the business plan presented to, and agreed by, the Department for Public Expenditure and Reform? This is the longest saga. I cannot believe how long it takes to go from planning permission for a pier to building it. It blows my mind that it is 12 years later. I wish to stress to the Minister that she should go out to Inis Oírr on a winter's day when the wind and the waves are hitting the back of the pier. One stands on that pier at one's peril. Somebody is going to be swept into the sea and killed. It happened twice on Inis Meáin before a new pier was built, which also needs an upgrade. Can the Minister give an update on the piers in Inis Oírr and Inis Meáin? Has the business plan for Inis Oírr been approved?