Pat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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On the update on the petition on the flooding in east Cork, particularly in my area of east Cork, Midleton and Mogeely and so on, has that progressed? I have been in touch with a lot of the groups. People in a number of estates formed the group Midleton and East Cork Flood Action Group, which is good because it is non-political. I know that in Mogeely Cork County Council has been dealing with pump works but the residents have been dealing with farmers making suggestions. Even in recent weeks, we have had a couple of flood warnings down our way and people are living in fear. I have the emails. There was an email that included witnesses' statements on how they felt after the flood. Will this petition come up in the coming weeks? I hope we will soon have dryer weather. I raise this matter on behalf of all the people who have been affected by the flooding. Some of them have lost their livelihoods and their homes are destroyed. They are living in fear every time they hear about "localised flooding". I give credit - and some people might not like this - to the councils, which are limited in what they can do. I know it takes time to bring down tranches of money and to do a CFRAM study, but I have read too many CFRAM studies. I think the first time I raised one was in 2017 in here. That was a 2013 CFRAM study. I am anxious for these people because they are living in fear. That is why I wanted to inquire.