Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

This is not a simple solution. Those Deputies who have been to see the many thousands of acres flooded around the Shannon on an annual or biannual basis know what I am talking about. When water comes into homes and business, it wreaks devastation. In working to prevent this there may be capital defences which may or may not work. In Limerick, as the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Hayes, mentioned, there was no breach in the levees, rather they were submerged by rising waters. What height should they be and how can defences be deployed? What emergency planning will be done in the interim? We must consider such questions.

Everybody can have a view on this and we will hear them on Tuesday. The Cabinet will present its report based on the best assessment of what we get by then and over the weekend.

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