Mr. Joe Parlon:

I know Deputy Corcoran Kennedy read the preliminary report from Jacobs last year. I was particularly disappointed by one line in it which said no short-term works were recommended at this time. Nothing could be done in the short term. As farmers, we saw another two years lost. We would have to wait until 2015. After two or three years doing this work, Jacobs could recommend nothing, even in the short term and with the amount of flooding we had last year. Surely something could have been said about maintenance and levels, but no short-terms works were recommended. I do not think I could have much faith in their final report. What could they recommend at that stage?