Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am concerned that when the weather changes, when it comes to flooding and national catastrophic events the focus within Government and the OPW in terms of planning and seeking solutions appears to die down. In regard to the CFRAM steering group, which is a huge project that the State is undertaking, who is responsible for convening meetings of that group? Who is the person who decides when it should meet and so on? It is hard to understand why that group did not meet more often considering that this is a huge project that needs to be monitored at every step of the way to ensure that it is operating as prescribed.

Why is there not an elected representative on the CFRAM group? Is there any reason behind that?