Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am talking about the pumps. I am not talking about the Army personnel coming in late. Why are the pumps not stored in the council yards? Alternatively, arrangements could be made in advance for civil contractors to go in and do what they have to do when something like this happens. Anything else that needs to be sorted out with them could be sorted out at a later stage. That is what should be done, but it just did not happen on this occasion.

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