Pat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will be brief. I thank the Minister of State. I have developed a bit of a knack of speed and power reading so I will get to it straight away. The answer is very welcome and I welcome these major projects. I also welcome the minor ones. In the conclusion of the Minister of State's written reply, he says in the last line: "In the interim I am satisfied that the identified and assessed flood risk in Cork is being appropriately addressed." However, it could not be addressed if we are doing CFRAM studies that are not being acted on. It goes back to my question. This study, which came out in 2013 and was sanctioned by Cork County Council, tells us exactly where the flooding was going to happen and what the preventative measures were but nothing was done. This is only one particular study and there are a number of studies out there. We have three families that have not been in their homes since 2015. There have been no preventative measures. It is grand telling us what will happen, how to prevent it and getting us the plan and telling us the cost but it is then shelved. If that will happen with this one, I feel something else will happen. I know it is not directly the fault of the Minister of State but I need to get answers for these people because it is very unfair and unjust that this has been sitting on somebody's shelf after so much money was spent saying exactly what happened and what will happen. It happened and three families are now homeless.

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