Seán Canney (Galway East, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The process in which we are engaged with the catchment flood risk assessment and management, CFRAM, programme takes into account climate change projections with respect to the variations that will or are projected to happen in sea levels. Climate change and all the related issues are part of the CFRAM process; they are taken into account in the designs that will be done. Climate change is an issue that exercises every Department, including our Department when it comes to the way we construct buildings, if we are using materials that reduce the carbon footprint, the way we heat buildings, the use of energy and all those considerations. That is all part of trying to reverse the impact of climate change. To answer the Senator's question, climate change is being taken into account in the CFRAM process and factors are being designed in projects to take account of it.