Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Nobody from this Government is out assessing the damage arising on foot of the current flooding. I do not think the Irish Red Cross is the right organisation to distribute the money that is being provided. It should be distributed through the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in the context of the impact on jobs or through the Office of Public Works. This is not charity work, it is business. I call on the county councils in the areas affected, particularly Roscommon County Council, to refund part of the rates paid for this year to assist affected businesses.