Seán Canney (Galway East, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The insurance industry is reinsuring properties in areas where permanent flood defence works and major flood relief schemes have been carried out and we have certified that they are complete. There are difficulties in areas such as Fermoy, to which the Deputy referred, where there are demountable flood barriers. Insurance Ireland looked for the protocols for the operation of these demountable barriers. It had queries about who was responsible for putting them up, taking them down, maintenance, where they were stored, how often they were inspected and how often they were used in a dry run to make sure they were still operational. There were more than 100 questions to be answered and all of them have been. Insurance Ireland is now working through the answers. We will be meeting it in March to find out where we stand on the issue.