Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The people in Mountmellick heard in 2018 that there would be a flood-relief scheme and that money was there for it - €3.4 million I think it was at the time. Six years later there is still no flood-relief scheme. We have read today that it is approaching the end of stage 1. While it is not confirmed in this correspondence, the last figure I heard was that it was now going to be in excess of €8 million for the same scheme. I accept that these studies identified some extra works that needed to be done over and above what was envisaged in the first assessment. With that snail's pace approach, it would take 20 or 25 years to get it in place.

Does the Deputy want to ask a specific question on the Crossmolina scheme along with the Mountmellick one when we look for that from the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform along with the suggestion of taking the environmental assessment out of the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform?