Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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-----in circumstances where houses and businesses are at the risk of being flooded. I clearly made the point that it is in the interests of the Minister of State that this project should go ahead. What I am really frustrated about is that, a year on, the seafront scheme has not progressed. The Government is responsible for the implementation of this scheme. We have a situation whereby the Minister of State, who represents the Government, is saying that it is up to the local authority to progress the scheme. The local authority is saying that the Minister has to allow for the next steps to take place. In the middle we still have houses that are at risk and there has been no progress on CFRAM. That is what I said. The Minister of State should not try to twist my words or to make politics out of it.