I want to raise with the Taoiseach the ongoing flooding at Lough Funshinagh in County Roscommon. One family home has already been abandoned and 600 ha of farming land and livelihoods are under water. As I stand here, two additional family homes are under immediate threat of flooding. These are the homes of an elderly couple in their 80s and a mother in her 70s. So far, a hosepipe at both homes is the only thing protecting them from these floods. What as public representatives are we doing here today when elderly people in their homes are at risk of flooding? This has gone beyond a joke. These homes are under immediate threat. I ask the Taoiseach for action, not for meetings or reports but action.

I want to see the OPW-----

Go raibh maith agat. We are over time.

We need this water drained and we need it today.

I will engage with the OPW in this regard to get alleviation as quickly as possible to the couples and landowners involved, and to the people living in such dreadful and very stressful situations because of the flooding in that particular area.

Unfortunately, we have run out of time. There are 16 names left on the list, so I will put them in for tomorrow.