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

At the same time, though, I find myself dealing with many of these planning quagmires that we encounter and discuss. Blackpool aside, I will make a general point. We seem to discuss processes and respecting the process rather than the material subject at hand and the real difference it will make once undertaken. I am highlighting this issue once more so that the foot is not taken off the pedal. The scheme is urgently required, and the vast majority of people in the area recognise that.

Another flood relief scheme was mentioned in the media recently. The Midleton flood relief scheme finally seems to be moving. People elsewhere can see the quick progress being made on it. Midleton and the wider east Cork area experienced major flooding a couple of months ago, but people looking in at the progress it is making ask where their schemes are. I make this point to reiterate the urgency.

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