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:
Yes, I agree. Maybe to some extent a positive piece, but somewhat under-reported, is the amount of investment that the Office of Public Works has put into permanent flood defences on rivers at risk, and the work it has done on coastal erosion.
That structural piece is key for mitigation into the future. I agree with the Deputy. He raised an important point. It is not just the wind effective storms, flooding, coastal erosion and those things are things we deal with on a fairly regular basis. It is a significant impact.
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