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- Committee on Public Petitions: Save Fermoy Weir: Discussion. (3 Jul 2019)
Seán Sherlock: Are the Deputy's questions directed at any of our guests in particular?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Save Fermoy Weir: Discussion. (3 Jul 2019)
Seán Sherlock: Do those proceedings specifically relate to the weir on the River Blackwater?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Save Fermoy Weir: Discussion. (3 Jul 2019)
Seán Sherlock: Briefly, does this form part of the statutory consents required?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Save Fermoy Weir: Discussion. (3 Jul 2019)
Seán Sherlock: Does Deputy Buckley have any further questions?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Save Fermoy Weir: Discussion. (3 Jul 2019)
Seán Sherlock: I will go straight into some questions. My first is for the local authority representatives. I do not think there is any ambiguity about the fact that the structure is owned by Cork County Council. That is correct, is it not?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Save Fermoy Weir: Discussion. (3 Jul 2019)
Seán Sherlock: We have a submission here which is an observation from the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment. It is one of the documents which is part of the file before us. I will quote directly from it. It is also understood that Fermoy Town Council (now Cork County Council) originally agreed the repair works would be undertaken by OPW as part of the Fermoy Flood Relief...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Save Fermoy Weir: Discussion. (3 Jul 2019)
Seán Sherlock: I assume Mr. Sydenham is, from an OPW point of view, corroborating that statement by Cork County Council in respect of the observation made by the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment. Forgive me if we are getting into surreal territory here but, as a local public representative and a Teachta Dála, I find it extraordinary that we have all the silos of Government...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Save Fermoy Weir: Discussion. (3 Jul 2019)
Seán Sherlock: My understanding is that the local authority is seeking a loan facility from the European Investment Bank, EIB. Will Mr. Morey confirm that? I refer to a loan facility for general purposes.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Save Fermoy Weir: Discussion. (3 Jul 2019)
Seán Sherlock: Has that loan facility been secured? How much is available under it?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Save Fermoy Weir: Discussion. (3 Jul 2019)
Seán Sherlock: Cork County Council has publicised the fact that it is seeking this facility.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Save Fermoy Weir: Discussion. (3 Jul 2019)
Seán Sherlock: The public perception was certainly that it had been secured, if I may be bold enough to say so.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Save Fermoy Weir: Discussion. (3 Jul 2019)
Seán Sherlock: Everybody, including the various stakeholders here, agrees that Cork County Council owns the structure and has responsibilities in respect of heritage, conservation, protecting local amenity, and the migration of fish under the habitats directive and the water framework directive. If the Department of the Minister, Deputy Murphy, is saying, as I interpret it, that it is an issue for the OPW...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Save Fermoy Weir: Discussion. (3 Jul 2019)
Seán Sherlock: To unpack what Mr. Healy has said, the loan facility is not guaranteed. It has not been secured and therefore the repair and restoration of the weir and fish pass is not being considered as a potential project to fund through it. Is that a fair assumption?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Save Fermoy Weir: Discussion. (3 Jul 2019)
Seán Sherlock: The council is not considering the repair and restoration of the weir in Fermoy and a northern bypass as projects to be funded through the loan facility that may be offered by the EIB.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Save Fermoy Weir: Discussion. (3 Jul 2019)
Seán Sherlock: It falls outside it. That is the unambiguous answer I am looking for. If it cannot be funded through the loan facility, we are now back to either the local authority's own resources or central government. It is effectively one or the other. Is that a fair assessment?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Save Fermoy Weir: Discussion. (3 Jul 2019)
Seán Sherlock: How much does the council have in the kitty at the moment? It is mapping out the potential cost of works. Does it have money in the kitty to meet its statutory obligations? Does it have anything put aside?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Save Fermoy Weir: Discussion. (3 Jul 2019)
Seán Sherlock: Is Mr. Healy referring to the seed funding of €175,000?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Save Fermoy Weir: Discussion. (3 Jul 2019)
Seán Sherlock: That is all the council has towards the cost of this project.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Save Fermoy Weir: Discussion. (3 Jul 2019)
Seán Sherlock: Before I bring Mr. Morey back in, did Mr. Sydenham want to say anything? He was signalling.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Save Fermoy Weir: Discussion. (3 Jul 2019)
Seán Sherlock: Does it include any parameters?