Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Having seen the devastation wreaked on houses and farms in south Galway, as well as the severe difficulty which some people find in establishing an insurance policy after such flooding, it is important that the State should extend a hand of solidarity and do all in its power to ensure that some kind of insurance cover would be made available to the families and landowners. That engagement between the State and insurance companies is ongoing and as the Senator suggested, we are considering development elsewhere, such as in the UK and other jurisdictions where similar schemes have been put in place. I hope to employ every option and opportunity available to us to address the challenge in future.