Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

The problem is that there has never been any management structure in place to look at that issue to see what could be done. It is not a case of going back to drain the river. Much more sophisticated early warning systems are needed, and a system that operates to the best advantage of everybody. For years, farmers have had to put up with winter flooding but nothing of the scale of the current summer flooding which has devastated the incomes of many.

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