Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank our guests for coming in. They presented their case exceptionally well. Proposals were made by two members of the committee that were seconded and endorsed. Fundamental points have been made because it is Lough Funshinagh today and could be somewhere else tomorrow.

The idea someone can challenge remedial works like this that are essential to avoid flooding of family homes and farmyards really beggars belief. As for the fact people cannot claim their single farm payment, surely, as someone said there, force majeure should apply. I give a commitment as Chairman of this committee that we will take on board what our guests have said today and the proposals made by various members of the committee. We will try to keep on the maximum political pressure to try to get our guests a just result. They are entitled to that as citizens of this country. They are entitled to live in their own homes.