Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael)

I do not mean this in a personal way, but it is extraordinary that it takes so long to get things done. After a period of 12 months the quay walls at Grenville Place will be restored. According to the Minister of State, a report has been commissioned and will be concluded in 2011. We have already had our first flood, although it was not as bad as last year's. Business people and homeowners are not confident that they are being heeded and that there will be a proper response if there is a recurrence of last year's events, which I hope will not be the case. I hope we can expedite the matter. It is unacceptable that there are no quay walls or an early warning system in place 12 months on.