Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I would not rule anything out. It is difficult, however. I had a discussion recently with representatives of the OPW regarding who has responsibility for flood protection on the railway line in Clare. The Chair will remember this topic. I made the point that the organisation is responsible for flood protection, but we would work with it to ensure when designing flood protection that we consider nature protection at the same time as working to avoid the flooding of homes.