Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I live in Glanmire, so I am more familiar with the Glashaboy scheme. The progress being made there is welcome. There are some traffic issues delaying people going to work, school and so on, but they understand that it is a necessary evil. The protection that the scheme will provide to many homes and businesses in Glanmire is something that I and, to be fair, other Deputies have advocated for for a long time.

My concern centres around the Blackpool flood relief scheme. I am familiar with all of the details that the Minister mentioned. I am just trying to stress the urgency of the situation for the people living in Blackpool. We are in February and, judging by today’s rainfall, there is still considerable risk to people living and running businesses in the area. They have been flooded four or five times already. The delays do not all necessarily lie at the Government’s door, but I need to once again stress the urgency in initiating the next round of public consultation as quickly as we can.

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