Martin Conway (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am delighted to hear today that the Cabinet has approved the minor sewerage schemes in County Clare that we have spoken about so often in this House. I refer to Broadford and Cooraclare. It has been 12 months since I put down a Commencement matter on this issue. The reply to that query stated this work would be sanctioned in the first three months of this year. We are now in the last days of the year and it has been sanctioned. This must be welcomed.

I also raise the issue of the tragic death of Catríona Lucas several years ago. The verdict of the inquest last week was that she died as a result of misadventure. Her family is deeply upset, and the community in County Clare is deeply upset, by this finding and the fact that there are circumstances and issues surrounding her death that have not been highlighted. I support the call for a statutory inquiry into the death of Catríona Lucas. I think it is what the family should get. If and when that happens, and I hope it does, answers might finally be found regarding what happened to cause us to lose one of our greatest volunteers when she was out trying to recover a body.