Paul Connaughton (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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That is very hard to explain to anyone in that area, particularly when they look out their windows and see floodwaters a couple of inches from their driveways. This area has seen two massive flooding events with damage to houses and other premises but the flood relief works have not been carried out. Surely, the information from the 1995 and 2009 flooding can be used to justify the works. Thankfully, no flooding happened this year. However, I cannot understand how the cost-benefit analysis is still weighted against the area.