Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate that the severe weather has caused significant damage to public infrastructure, not just in Cork but in Waterford and other parts of the country. The process is that the relevant councils cost it, the cost gets double-checked by the Department of Transport and the OPW, and a special allocation is then agreed by the Government. It will be a special allocation on top of existing funding. That is what we did for Donegal when it had severe weather and it is what we will do for Cork as well.

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