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. Coilín O'Reilly:

Just to add to that, I was at a training event yesterday for local authority staff in Portlaoise. There were 140 local authority staff members, Civil Defence officers and fire officers, all preparing for severe weather assessment teams and for flooding for the season ahead. We are working on this. We work on this constantly. We are preparing for this constantly. Our staff are ready for it. It is unfair to say that there is nothing more than the report. As Mr. Kehoe said, the Monday before, we meet daily. We engage with staff, we communicate-----

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