Aindrias Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The details the Minister of State has laid out are helpful. It is difficult for residents who saw exhibitions in 2011 and draft designs in 2014 to feel the scheme has not advanced in the meantime and may still be moving more slowly. They have a constant fear of flooding. To see another development no more than 100 m from the riverbank moving along and receiving planning permission without the same hold-up is difficult. Tá sé fíorthábhachtach do mhuintir Bhaile Bhuirne go mbogfaí ar aghaidh leis an bhfalla cosanta agus go ndéanfar an obair chun iad a chosaint ó na tuilte i mBaile Bhuirne. The floods impact not only on householders but also block the national primary road, the N22, which should further strengthen the cost-benefit analysis. I ask the Minister of State to prioritise the scheme with his officials.

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