Mr. Liam Broderick:

Deputy Flaherty asked about farmers on the periphery and I will point out two particular things that were to happen. There are tributaries that are coming into the Shannon, like the River Suck, particularly, and the Little Brosna beside us. If the flood is in the Shannon then the flood is in those rivers. It is not necessarily going up to the source but it is going up a number of miles on either side. Anybody who has grazing land or part of the callows, and the areas I mentioned are part of the callows land, the Deputy is absolutely right that these farmers are on the periphery and should be included.