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
Anne Rabbitte (Fianna Fail)
I am going to cut in because I am conscious of my time. The witnesses might not have the figure now but how many people have chosen to go on the register since the storm? It would be interesting to know. I am not saying it falls to the ESB. It is incumbent on everybody to have that education. It would be interesting to know, if Mr. Tarrant could supply it to the Chair.
I have not got my answer in relation to the standardisation, because it is a bug. Remember, I live on the border. Who is responsible if the Shannon floods, because that is where I live? The ESB does wonderful work but if the Shannon floods and the road blocks in a storm, I am between the Hidden Heartlands and the Wild Atlantic Way. Galway is that long. My back is up against the Shannon. I can see that the local authorities are out in Tipperary and Offaly but they are sitting at home in Galway, as in the retained firemen.
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