Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Obviously, none of us can predict the weather or the chance of flooding. I assure the Senator that the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government will give additional funding to the local authority in question if required; it does not come from the overall central budget of the Department of Defence. As the Senator knows, given the nature of the beast, each county can be affected in different years. Each council would go back to the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government and make a special case for extra funding. It is that Minister who will be in direct control.