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

I do not have such a costing because this is the scheme for which we have planning permission. Deputy Barry knows better than I do that, having been granted planning permission for one scheme, we cannot put a hypothetical alternative scheme through the planning process or apportion costs to a scheme for which we do not have permission, particularly a scheme designed some seven years ago. If we were to do so, the people of the area might have to wait another seven years. We cannot delay this opportunity or deny these people a flood relief scheme for another seven to ten years. I hope that, as a representative for that part of the city, this is not something Deputy Barry would like to see happen.