Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will get a response directly from the Minister's office to Deputy Conway-Walsh.

On the scheme Deputy Cannon raised, it is my intention to go to Galway shortly to meet the county council in respect of this. I have been there a number of times already in respect of other schemes and I must say the county council is to the fore in delivering an awful lot to the schemes.

On the question that was asked here, I am not interested in dúirt bean liom go ndúirt bean léi; I can only go on the basis of what actually happened. What happened was that in 2020, as part of the Minister's consideration, further additional information was requested on the Glashaboy scheme on 5 May. Subsequent to that, a tender collapsed and had to be readvertised by Cork City Council. I have been down to Glanmire and met the community and residents there. I have every confidence in the city council to deliver the scheme, as I have every confidence in the council to deliver the badly-needed Morrison’s Island scheme, which we are delivering, as well as the wider Cork city flood relief scheme, which will go from Cork Harbour all the way back to Ballincollig. I hope everybody in this House will be as supportive of those schemes in Cork as they are here. By the way, I do not need a postcard campaign, which has gone down really badly in the local community because the community knows the OPW and the city council are on their side. We do not need a postcard campaign that is attempting to drum up unnecessary worry and anxiety for people who are already worried and anxious about their futures.

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