Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)

During the recent severe weather emergencies, there was talk for a while on local and national radio about getting the Army to help out. Does the Taoiseach believe the Army should have been brought out in certain cases during the flooding in November and the frosts in January? What lessons have been learned from these events?

In his reply to Deputy McManus, the Taoiseach referred to the damage done by frost to the road network. The Wexford local authority claims it is not getting adequate funding to restore its road infrastructure to the condition it was in before these events. Some roads in County Wexford, as a result, are impassable. I know from speaking to colleagues from other parts of the country that their road networks are in a similar state.

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