Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State. I appreciate that he is going to take a personal interest and is giving a commitment. However, there is flooding practically every year in Galway. That has been known about for a very long time. Following the mapping situation, we were into the action. The action was set out, as I said. I do not like repeating myself or wasting time, but this is extremely important for Galway. There were five stages set out. We need the people on board because, quite clearly, these will be significant works that will have many implications. We need the people on board. To that end, we had a number of consultations promised. Only one consultation has taken place. There was an informal one lately with no details for elected members. That was held in the middle of the week when no TD could attend it.

We are in a situation now where all of it has been pushed forward, a new sum of money, €50 million, has been identified-----

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