Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Of course, I will communicate with the Minister of State, Deputy Canney. However, I met the people in Cloonlara, County Clare, last year and that village does not have defences in place. Teachta Quinlivan just reminded me that on the banks of the Shannon in Limerick city they got two rows of breeze blocks. Homes in Mount Hamilton in Dundalk were destroyed. I met representatives of the local authority this week and was advised that no defences will be put in place this year. The residents are living in dread, as are people living along the Flurry River in Ballymascanlon. The Taoiseach was there and saw the damage and the corrosive, awful debilitating stress caused by the floods.

I ask the Taoiseach to confirm if local authorities have been allocated additional interim funding to undertake preventive work until CFRAM flood defences are complete, which will not happen before impending flooding this year.

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