Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 30 March 2021

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised)

Photo of Mick BarryMick Barry (Cork North Central, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

I have questions for the Minister of State on the OPW's plans for the River Lee and the River Bride in Blackpool on the north side of Cork city. Professor Phillip O'Kane from the department of civil engineering in UCC, speaking at the Irish National Hydrology Conference last year said that an effective tidal barrier for the Lee could be built at a cost of €70 million. What is the latest OPW estimate for the plans for the quay walls? I ask him to comment on Professor O'Kane's proposals.

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