Grace O'Sullivan (Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. Grant and his team for attending. We must acknowledge that, with climate change, we will likely see many more unpredictable weather extremes.

My question is for Mr. Gallen and is on providing information to customers. I am from Tramore, County Waterford, where the local radio station was incredible in supporting its listeners and notifying them of the information Irish Water was disseminating. That was useful. Despite the notices, however, people still did not seem to be fully prepared. That caused me some concern. Information on simple measures could have been given to customers and businesses in advance so as to allow them to prepare, for example, keeping stores of portable water and, for sanitation purposes, wastewater. The customer did not have sufficient preparation, which created the types of distress that we heard on radio. In terms of advance notice, can Irish Water do more to prepare the public and business for events like this and, if so, what would that be?