Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy knows the views of the OPW and Cork City Council. As he knows better than anybody else, Cork city is capable of being flooded as much from rain as it is from the tide. Cork city recently came very close to being flooded from a rain event. In 2009 Cork city flooded from a rain event. The Deputy knows my views about how Cork city flooded in the past. I am sure he knows the views of many of the traders in Cork city. Cork city is the most vulnerable populated part of the country with regard to the possibility of it being flooded again. It is the area that gives me the greatest level of concern. More than 250,000 people live in Cork. The Deputy knows the city better than I do. I studied there and I lived there for a while. I witnessed the flooding. I have family living there. I want to see Cork city thrive. A tidal barrier will not solve the problem that happened in 2009, as the Deputy and I both know. A tidal barrier would be-----