I move amendment No. 3:
In page 5, subsection (1), lines 29 and 30, to delete all words after "embankment" and substitute the following:
", coastal and estuarine incursions or other works that has or have been completed pursuant to a drainage scheme, or pursuant to section 3 (2).".
Erosion problems, which have caused incursions into banks around the coast, should be included in this legislation. Works were carried out over the years; many of them under the old Land Commission schemes. Damage has been done and many acres of land have been flooded because of erosion caused by culverts and incursions of the sea. To date, nobody, the local authorities or the Land Commission, which is still part of the Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry has accepted responsibility.
The Coastal Protection Act, 1963, was supposed to come into play in this area but it has not. With the Departments of Marine and Agriculture, Food an Forestry and the local authorities all operating in this area, nothing is being done. It is important that works are undertaken, especially in situations where large works are not necessary to prevent such flooding.