Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 12 November 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy
Review of Storm Éowyn and Storm Preparedness: Discussion
2:00 am
Mr. Keith Leonard:
I will take the Irish Water question first. The report sets out in a summary at the start the capacity Irish Water has taken on since Storm Éowyn in terms of generators. A further second phase of generator procurement will also be undertaken. I think there is going to be a substantial increase in the capacity. There already is for Irish Water at the moment. In relation to funding, we do not fund the roads aspect. We do, though, provide funding and we have received from all local authorities detailed requests for funding for expenditure during Storm Éowyn. It is funded through supplementary allocations, so as soon as we get that supplementary funding, we will press the button and get that money out. As I said, we hope that will happen very shortly.
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