Pat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That is no bother. I thank the Minister of State for his response and there is a lot of work in it. He has mentioned that he is meeting with Cork County Council again, and I welcome that. Reference has been made to the Owenacurra and Dungourney rivers, the Lidl bridge and the old Cork Road bridge. Deputy O'Connor and Deputy Stanton will be aware that years ago we used to dredge the slob, as we used to call it, in Ballinacurra. That used to be dredged at the mouth of where the Dungourney and Owenacurra rivers meet before they enter the sea. That is a massive opportunity for the collection and dispersion of water instead of it going down the road. I thank the Minister of State for his response on this and I will follow it up. As I said, we are working together on this and not playing politics so I thank him.

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