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

This is not about blaming the Minister of State's Department or the local authority. Studies have been carried out and materials have been put together. The Minister of State says there is funding and a scheme. If the local authority makes an application, I take it the Minister of State will be in a position to fund it. We need to get the relevant work done. It is not about a quick fix and I am not engaged in a blame game. I want to ensure all the doors are open for Cork County Council so that it can get the relevant works needed around Ardcahan Bridge completed as soon as possible. Not only must the wildlife be taken into account, but the complexity of how the flooding happens must also be considered. It comes down the road and out of the river in a number of different ways. There is no quick fix, but if the Minister of State says he has the money, we will have the local authority's report sent into him.

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