Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank Deputy Harkin again for raising this matter to the Dáil this evening. As I indicated, the multi-agency group is an important forum and structure for trying to make progress on this. I will continue to have further engagements with my officials as well on the issues raised tonight to assess how matters can be brought forward.

It was a significant event and there was significant damage to and impact on the land. It was significantly different in scale from the Inishowen flooding, which involved primarily repairs to flood damage, whereas this was a land movement issue and a really challenging one to deal with.

My own officials will continue to engage through the working group. It is a challenging issue to deal with but I would encourage everyone to continue to work together. We will ensure that there is strong co-operation to try to tease out those remaining issues.

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