Paul Bradford (Fine Gael)

I understand one of the matters on the Adjournment concerns flooding. While this is welcome I ask the Leader to invite the Minister of State or Minister to the House to discuss the response to such flooding. Many towns are affected including Fermoy and Mallow in my area. We need to ensure that the plans in place and on the drawing boards are activated as soon as possible and it would be helpful to have a substantial debate on the issue.

On the morning after the night before we must accept that the American people have made their decision and by a margin of approximately 3 million votes have decided to ignore the advice of The Irish Times and other editorials as is their entitlement.