Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

There are two problems. In works like this the indirect impact on the environment has to be considered, as well as other consequences and knock-on effects. That cannot outweigh the direct impact on people's lives and homes, however. They are literally hanging onto a cliff edge there. Do we have to see a house collapse before something is done? I accept that the local authority has a statutory responsibility, but it has not delivered on that. The Minister's Department should sit down and say listen lads, we have given you this money, you spent some of it on a study and you have not implemented anything from that and we still got nothing else done, although we have given you other moneys.

When we raised this matter before, Deputies from other counties said hang on a minute, you have allocated money to them, but they are not drawing on it while we have a dire need in our areas yet we cannot get the money. It is absolutely ludicrous. Can we call the council in and get to the bottom of this once and for all? If this is not sorted out, there will be a house in the sea.

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