Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The recent flooding experience in Cork and Waterford was absolutely horrendous and the impact will be felt for a long time to come. That displacement from home, that destruction of property, the loss of livelihood and the fear of what the future looks like takes an unimaginable toll on people. Those affected by the recurring nightmare of flooding along the River Shannon, those who farm from Athlone to Meelick, know only too well of that impact. They have experienced it repeatedly and they are living with the consequences of it still today. I want to reiterate their plight to the Taoiseach. They have no silage, no grazing due to continuous summer flooding, increased by the lack of action between the three Government agencies: the OPW, Waterways Ireland and the ESB. I understand that again this morning the Taoiseach has been invited to come down to this area to see the impact still being experienced today caused by summer flooding. Will the Taoiseach come down and meet the Save Our Shannon group? Will he outline to them the plans the Government has to address this?

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