James O'Connor (Cork East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Government is aware of the enormous damage done in my constituency last October by Storm Babet. Residential homes, businesses and public infrastructure were very heavily damaged, with the cost of road damage alone estimated to be approximately €50 million, according to Cork County Council. The Department of Transport has told the council it does not have the funding to cover this damage, with an intolerable allocation of only €14 million being proposed for repairs during the year. Will the Minister, Deputy McGrath, bring this to the attention of the Minister for public expenditure, Deputy Donohoe? We need intervention from the Department of public expenditure with the Department of Transport to give the local authority, our communities and my constituency the recovery they desperately need following Storm Babet.

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