Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I am glad to hear the Minister of State's comments. This issue arose during our discussion of last year's Estimate in terms of the daft situation where the OPW was spending massive amounts of money on remedial works but the insurance companies were using a geozoning process to assess risk. People living on Cathedral Road in Cork city, which is tens, if not hundreds, of feet above sea level, are unable to obtain flood insurance because they are geozoned. I suggested last year this matter be included in the targets. It is not currently listed, but it is a necessary target because it offers the added value of allowing households and businesses to obtain insurance. I recommend that it be an output target for 2014.