Mr. Jim Casey:

Our best estimate currently is that we will make a planning application for that toward the end of next year. In the interim period, a lot of work has been under way by Cork County Council and the OPW to identify interim measures that can be delivered before the permanent scheme. Our Minister and senior officials at the OPW and in Cork have been liaising throughout the summer on this and interim measures will be brought forward in the coming weeks to mitigate flood risk insofar as it is practical.