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:
On a national level the Office of Emergency Planning has a risk register for all emergency events. To my recollection, storms are classified as likely and severe, so it is probably up near the top of all risks. Met Éireann would give a much more detailed and scientific response but from a general sense, Mr. Rock and I try to calibrate ourselves at the beginning of every winter season. We expect to see between six and 12 mid-level storms in any given season now. We have seen Storm Darragh and Storm Éowyn. We saw with Storm Elisa that activity in that area was kicking up storms up into the north Atlantic. I think this is going to be coming-----
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