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

Photo of Malcolm NoonanMalcolm Noonan (Green Party)

I agree. The other picture is anticipation of this and building in resilience into our planning system. Mr. O'Reilly knows it well in Carlow with the use of nature-based solutions in urban centres to address flooding. I know that there is some very good national work under way in relation to that and also in relation to urban tree cover. We are talking about extremes of heat, and extremes of rainfall dumping events and even in summer months. We must have general preparedness because we are now in an era of extreme weather events.

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