Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

This is a directive which should have been transposed by now. It was the subject of a Dáil question more than a year ago, and the Tánaiste does not know which Minister will be responsible for introducing it or whether it will be primary or secondary legislation. It is manifestly clear that there was no discussion in Government about the issue of floods until the bad weather came.

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