Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I am a bit disappointed with the response. I realise the Department will carry out an inquiry but we would probably like some answers on that inquiry. How long will it take, who will be interviewed, etc? The most important issue is for something positive to come from this catastrophe. What can we learn from this? We do not need an inquiry to know that one section of the council did not seem to communicate with another, and this is the result. This came about by accident rather than design and a lesson can be learned from that. We have learned that putting silt in an area results in a positive response in the ecosystem. Other local authorities can learn from that. We want a quick response from the Department on this and an assurance that this will not be repeated in south Dublin or anywhere else.

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