John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)

The Deputy is correct. There will be an assessment. The national director for fire and emergency management, Mr. Seán Hogan, will revert to me with his assessment of the situation. We will look at all aspects of this matter. Clearly, we must learn lessons every time such a situation arises, even though we have not experienced this sort of rainfall in the past. I do not agree with Deputy Tuffy who said that this has nothing to do with climate change. Her own colleague, Deputy Lynch, had a different view on that.

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