Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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Of all of the projects we currently have, how many of them will get done and completed? In fairness to the OPW, when it does a project, such as those in Clonmel, Mallow and Bandon, and completes them, they have all been successful, but surely we can now fast-track this process in order to prevent damage being caused and that people can continue to live in their houses. I was in one house recently which had been lived in for 40 years and it had never been flooded. In the last flooding incidence in the Glanmire area, they had two feet of water in the house. This is changing every week. We need to fast-track this process and I am saying that Mr. Moloney's Department needs to look at the current procedures. I fully accept that public expenditure needs to be minded but in this case, for instance in Blackpool, it now means the Department has cost the taxpayer additional money.