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- River Shannon Management Agency Bill 2016: First Stage (13 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: No. For the Deputy's information, back in 1909, the reason given for flooding of the Shannon was the very low drop level over a distance of 15 miles. The terms of reference for the Shannon river basin management co-ordination group will be published by the Minister of State next week. I do not oppose the Deputy's Bill but I consider that we can have a much more effective management...
- Shannon River Agency Bill 2016: First Stage (13 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Troy asked that this-----
- Shannon River Agency Bill 2016: First Stage (13 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: -----not be political, yet he made a very political speech.
- Shannon River Agency Bill 2016: First Stage (13 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: I remind him that the 129 corncrakes have vanished from the Shannon callows because of summer floods-----
- Shannon River Agency Bill 2016: First Stage (13 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: -----not because of anything to do with the habitats directive.
- Shannon River Agency Bill 2016: First Stage (13 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: Second, the ESB levels are determined by Lough Derg and by nothing else. Obviously, water will flow to its own level.
- Shannon River Agency Bill 2016: First Stage (13 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: Third, there are 29 billion litres of water in flooded bogs at the moment and more will come onstream, literally, as Bord na Móna moves out of the milling of peat and that area. It has been clarified both by the European Commission and by the National Parks and Wildlife Service that in an emergency where people, their property or their livelihoods are affected, action can be taken. We...
- Shannon River Agency Bill 2016: First Stage (13 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: The terms of reference for the co-ordination group for the Shannon will be published next week.
- Shannon River Agency Bill 2016: First Stage (13 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: I am not.
- Shannon River Agency Bill 2016: First Stage (13 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Troy made all sorts of comments.
- Shannon River Agency Bill 2016: First Stage (13 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: I did not hear much talk from the Deputy below in Athlone.
- Flooding: Statements (13 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: Today, my first thoughts and words must be with those who have suffered so much because of the storms of the last month: the men and women whose farms and homes have been flooded, isolated or evacuated, whose livelihoods have been threatened, and who have spent long, anxious days and nights afraid of and mesmerised by the weather forecast of rain, rain, rain, and the heartbreak it brought....
- Flooding: Statements (13 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: Yes, of course. I respect that. I thank Deputy Martin.
- Flooding: Statements (13 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: Obviously, the Minister of State, Deputy Harris, has 66 locations on the Shannon, and 300 nationwide.
- Flooding: Statements (13 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: We have €1 billion on the table for this, including, as Deputy Martin will be aware, major defences for Cork.
- Flooding: Statements (13 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: I am glad to say we will spend more in the next five years than was spent in the previous 20 years - €430 million.
- Flooding: Statements (13 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: Perhaps Deputy Martin might like to say that at the weekend. There is €430 million earmarked for flood defences, including in Deputy Martin's native city, by 2021. There is a €60 million plan to protect the Deputy and his people from tidal surges down there in that historic city. That will be the biggest single flood protection scheme in the history of the State. As a...
- Flooding: Statements (13 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: There was.
- Flooding: Statements (13 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: The co-ordination group has met 30 times since 3 December 2015.
- Flooding: Statements (13 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy is wrong.