James O'Connor (Cork East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Before we move on to it, Mr. Conlon might expand on that point. The tranche 2 villages in question are obviously Mogeely and Castlemartyr and that section of river, and also the localised flooding because groundwater was an issue, and Rathcormac. Those settlements flooded as a consequence of Storm Babet. Is there a prioritisation system or any system whereby the OPW can go back to the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform and say that it knows they are in tranche 2 but, unfortunately, it has now learned that they are at high risk of flooding, there have been a number of incidents there in the past 15 years and they need to be prioritised. Is there a mechanism for the OPW to go to the Department to say this settlement has flooded more than once in a short space of time and it needs to be prioritised?