Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I have a feeling ofdéjà vuabout this. The reply seems to be very similar to the one we got in the previous round of Question Time, which also followed the visit of the Minister of State. I am conscious that he will be replaced by another Minister of State in a week or two when the ministerial rota shifts, and he will be the third Minister who has visited Portrane.

In 2012, another Minister came out there and said the same thing. The problem is that in the intervening period the damage that has been done to the dunes and the threat to people's homes is becoming critical. I acknowledge that the local authority is being given responsibility for this matter. I also recognise that moneys have been made available, but that funding has not been utilised. I have not seen any evidence of a sufficiently quick, urgent or efficient response to what is a dire necessity.

It is all right for a Minister - I know the Minister of State is just standing in - to say that he is working in partnership with the council, but it is not working. Can somebody deal with this situation urgently, so that we can get some works done on the ground there?

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