Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Government's financial response to flooding has been quite dramatic. The Minister of State, Deputy Kevin "Boxer" Moran, and his predecessor Deputy Canny before him, have been to the fore of this. I am not familiar with the individual houses in east Cork but I assure the Deputy that we are spending more on flood protection now than we have at any point in recent history.

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