Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We need the draft business case from Galway County Council and these different surveys have to feed into it. To be honest with the Deputy, I had to ask my officials what a bathymetric report is. Apparently it measures the depth of the waters, the underwater features and the marine species. It is a mapping of the sea floor. I am asking the same questions the Deputy is asking. She has raised this with me frequently and I have asked my officials the same questions such as how long it takes to do these reports. It is hard to give a timeline because they are technical matters that are time-consuming but I have told my officials to sit on Galway County Council and move this on and they are meeting officials from the council every two weeks. I am placing that sense of urgency on it. I understand the Deputy's frustration; I have been out on the island and I know the points she is making.

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