Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)

Yesterday, during Question Time, the Minister for Defence, Deputy O'Dea, assured me when questioned on the emergency planning task force that we could deal with all sorts of disasters including nuclear fallout etc. Last night we had a couple of inches of snow and the periphery of Dublin came to a standstill. Can the Taoiseach ensure that Operation Freeflow can be activated at short notice to deal with such situations?

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