Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I made reference to flooding as it is a serious regional issue, and also a national issue at present. I exhort everybody who has any influence on the European institutions to consider what is required. There is no sense in complaining about climate change. We can avert some of its effects by adopting a proper drainage policy all over the country. That must happen or we will cede large areas of the countryside unnecessarily. Some people with a climate change agenda will say that is a good idea and something we should have more of, but I disagree.