Maria Byrne (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Kevin Boxer Moran, and thank him for coming to the Seanad to respond to my query today. In early September, the Minister of State visited Coonagh in County Limerick where flooding had occurred. It happened on a Friday and approximately 25 houses were flooded. The water came into their ecosystems and into some of the homes. There was also flooding in Na Piarsaigh GAA club and in Coonagh Airfield, where both the hangar and several aircraft were damaged.My understanding is that while there has been great progress in terms of people being compensated or looked after, and a number of issues have been resolved around na Piarsaigh and the airfield - I understand that is nearly at a conclusion - there are a number of homes that have not been sorted out. How are those homes going to be sorted out? Also at the time, the Minister stated that there would be an investigation into the cause of this event and what was going to happen maybe in terms of flood defence to resolve this ongoing issue because it is not the first time that Coonagh and this particular part of Coonagh has been flooded. I would like to thank the Minister because certainly when we did contact him on the day, he was very quick to respond and he came down himself to see first-hand how everybody was affected across the sporting club as well as the residents. My concern really is that a number of issues have not been resolved in terms of the residents. Could the Minister give an update as to where he thinks it is at and how long it is going to be before it is finally resolved?