Cormac Devlin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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1317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total cost of storm damage repairs funded through local authorities in each county over the past three years; the funding allocations provided by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47516/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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Since 2009, my Department has made financial support available to assist local authorities in meeting the costs of clean-up and necessary immediate works associated with the response to significant severe weather emergency events. This is in recognition of the exceptional nature of the activities carried out by local authorities in responding to these types of emergencies and the fact that the costs of these unprogrammed activities cannot be met from within existing resources.

Recoupment of such costs have been made to local authorities in Counties Clare, Cork, Galway City and County, Kerry, Kilkenny, Leitrim, Limerick, Louth, Mayo, Roscommon, Waterford and Wexford in respect of the period 2022 to date in 2025. The amounts recouped are set out in the table below.

Funding of repair of public infrastructure is undertaken by the relevant Department in line with its sectoral responsibility. Capital costs associated with infrastructural damage, for example damage to the roads network and coastal protection infrastructure (where relevant), are not included therefore under the above arrangements.

Cormac Devlin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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1318. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in view of the recent experience during Storm Éowyn, if a scheme will be established to provide GAA clubs, schools or community centres with emergency generator points; if an assessment of need will be conducted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47526/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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Storm Éowyn was named by the UK Met Office on Tuesday 21 January 2025, the fifth named storm of the 2024-25 windstorm season. Widespread red and orange weather warnings were issued across Ireland and the United Kingdom ahead of the rapidly strengthening storm. Ireland experienced one of its most damaging, dangerous and destructive weather events with gale force/storm force winds, including severe damaging and destructive gusts of over 183 km/h, a record for Ireland.

As the Lead Government Department for coordinating a response to high impact severe weather events, my Department's National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management co-ordinated the ‘whole-of-Government’ response to this severe weather event through the National Emergency Co-ordination Group (NECG).

While my Department has the Lead Government Department role in respect to the co-ordination of the 'whole-of-Government' response to severe weather, it does not have a remit for the funding of community or sporting organisations, which are matters for other Government colleagues.