Marc Ó Cathasaigh (Waterford, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Ideally by local authority area as well, if possible, so we know where we should be concentrating resources. Similarly, I would like information on the rate of testing of private septic tanks. We have a mixture of figures on that and I would like to know that by overall number per annum and by percentage. Could we have that by local authority area as well?

I listened with interest to Mr. Doyle's answer to Deputy O'Connor's questions. Midleton in his constituency and places in my constituency, such as Tallow and Clashmore, were very much affected by the flooding that happened recently. I accept that Met Éireann did what I believe was a good job within the parameters it is currently given. The red weather warning was not appropriate in that scenario because that has specific implications. However, as I understand it, there is a delay in regard to the expenditure because this is directly under Mr. Doyle's Department and Met Éireann is funded under programme E. There was an expenditure of €1.254 million due to delays in the progression of projects, including a flood forecasting database. This is the specific type of forecasting we need. It is different from the countywide red weather warning, orange warning or whatever. It is specifically around flood forecasting. Why has that been delayed?