Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

No, we are not opposing the Bill. We have requested the insurance companies to come back to us by the end of next week with precisely the information the Deputy is seeking. That information will be fed into the Department of Finance, which is currently doing an assessment of international insurance models. I hope the insurance companies will reflect carefully on the question of demountable flood relief defences, which have proved effective in circumstances where, in many cases, we have seen the highest level of rainfall since 1952.

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