My question is for the Minister for Finance, Deputy Paschal Donohoe. Two weeks ago the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, through the OPW, launched a major multi-million euro flood relief programme, which is to be welcomed. However, I want to take the Minister back a step. In Fermoy we have the weir and the fish pass. Somehow or other the town council in Fermoy got possession of them from the OPW a number of years ago. We have had the dissolution of the town council, as a result of which Cork County Council inherited a red herring and a multi-million euro debt.

I hope they did not catch the herring in the river.

We cannot get the fish pass and the weir fixed because of a money issue. I, therefore, ask the Minister to give the project some priority. We acknowledge the great flood relief works that have been done, but they are jeopardising the amenities and sports and recreational facilities in Fermoy and on the River Blackwater. If we lose the weir and the fish pass, it will cause untold damage.

I will have to ask the Minister of State, Deputy Kevin Boxer Moran, to respond to the Deputy on this matter. He is a much better catcher of red herrings than I am.

He is also a good producer of them.