Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent) | Oireachtas source

On a practical level, Professor Bates says it is difficult to deal with things on a regional basis. Even looking at the evidence of the last decade, where I live there have been four floods that have been 100-year return ones or more. Does Professor Bates dismiss that in terms of the variations involved? It appears to be getting worse. There seems to be evidence that it is getting worse. It is getting worse quickly, in that one can have that change in such a short period of time involving 400-year return floods. I found it very convincing.