Mr. Michael Silke:

Okay, Carrigahorig. It should not be going from there. It should have gone from above that from the north end. If it was to have any little beneficial effect in terms of reducing flooding, which would be minuscule, it should be to the benefit of the people living in the area between the two lakes, which is a critical area, and those people are suffering.

We should not get hung up about the water going to Dublin and we should not listen to what the headbangers are saying. I remember one eminent politician saying that she dreamt that when she woke Lough Ree was dry. Have the members ever heard such stupidity? We need only think of the climate change effects. The CFRAMS should examine the issue involved. The water should be delayed going to Dublin, even for another ten years if necessary. When it does go, we should have a proper mechanism in place. It should not be that a consultancy firm is brought in and that it and everybody else along the way gets a few euro out of the process