John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)

The Deputy's questions have a number of implications. His assessment differs from the one I received. We will get a thorough assessment, which will be conducted in the context of a successful operation carried out by all the emergency services. When I visited Ennis, for example, the Defence Forces were filling 200 sandbags an hour. It was a successful operation. If there were deficiencies elsewhere, we will hear about them and those deficiencies will become part of the assessment.

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