Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 1:

(a) To insert the following after “criticises:”:— the continued failure of the Government to submit flood risk management plans to the European Commission in line with the requirements of the European Union floods directive;” and(b) To insert the following after “County Donegal are not repeated in future flooding events;”:— immediately convene a consultation process with all of the farming representative organisations, the Office of Public Works and Inland Fisheries Ireland to examine how water sources, such as rivers and streams, can be better maintained to mitigate the impact of flooding in the future and to amend the relevant legislation if necessary;

— ensure that the current review of the areas of natural constraints, ANC, scheme results in adequate compensation for farmers with land prone to flooding; and”

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