Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I support that. I will ask Mr. Sean Hogan, head of delivery of emergency responses, to take a look at this as part of the lessons of the storm of the winter of 2013-2014 to see what practical solutions can be put in place to assist citizens and householders at a time of crisis.

We recognise there is a need to get down to specifics. Deputy Coffey has given many examples today of where practical measures can be taken to meet our national sectoral objectives. When the Departments present their sectoral plans we will consider what practical programmes are proposed therein to meet our objectives. Hopefully, we will come up with proposals that are practical and implementable in terms of our meeting our European objectives and climate change targets and that people will feel good about rather than challenged by.