Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Bearing in mind that many of us are involved with communities across the country which have been subjected to serious flooding in the last couple of decades. When we approach the OPW as an entity to begin working with them and developing flood relief projects, these projects quite rightly are subjected to a rigorous and robust cost-benefit analysis process. I am at a loss to understand why this process has not been employed at some point during the 11 years since the contract was signed. Is Mr. Conlon aware of any analysis that was ever carried out of what this might cost and what the current estimates circulating within the OPW as to what it might cost? I am hearing something in the order of €80 million to €100 million.