Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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Where there is no weather alert, is RTÉ considering ways to communicate better, from a public broadcasting perspective? I refer to what Ms Cusack mentioned about the miscommunication that can occur. Perhaps we should centralise people's information towards Met Éireann. It would be a worthwhile exercise because I honestly believe there is huge confusion. As I have said, an overestimation leads to an underestimation, which can be fatal. Confusion abounds because people will say a red warning issued but there were no consequences or they believed a red warning was issued when it might not have been issued by Met Éireann. As a consequence, people underestimate what is coming and that is a big issue. I do not think that the public fully understands and obviously weather events will occur at greater frequency and force due to climate change.