Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

In Douglas, close to where I live, there was a terrible once-in-a-century flood and the scheme there worked yesterday. On the Owenacurra river, a flood scheme is emerging for Midleton. Again, we want to see these developed. The money is there to get these projects done. I do not make these points to try to attack anybody or anything like that, but only to point out some realities and the need for an honest debate about this subject. I think adaptation is the key issue for the country in respect of climate change now. We are dealing with the causes of climate change but it is happening here and now.

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