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

I thank the Deputy for raising this because it gives me the opportunity to inform the House that the Department has convened a meeting of the NECG for 3 p.m. this afternoon to review preparations and public safety messaging for the arrival of Storm Callum, as well as to highlight to Departments and agencies the need to be prepared and to make any necessary decisions concerning their sectors on Thursday or Friday morning. Depending on the impact of the storm, the Department will make further decisions on Thursday night or Friday morning about whether to convene the NECG again on Friday. Storm Callum is due to arrive on the south-west coast this evening and will track north west, simultaneously affecting the west, the south and then the east coast with very high winds.

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