Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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I would be grateful if Mr. Doyle could do that.

In regard to the traffic problems experienced this morning following on from storm Doris, particularly in the city centre, what contingency planning takes place in the Department in terms of data collection and research in regard to weather issues? The city centre, in terms of traffic, comes to a stand-still on a rainy day never mind during stormy weather. What work is undertaken by the Department in terms of projecting assistance in that situation? As a result of stormy weather, there were lengthy delays on the DART and Luas services this morning and traffic congestion was very bad. It is not acceptable that this is allowed to occur in our capital city. More funding should be directed towards research programmes to address this issue. Are there programmes of this type in place?