Jennifer Whitmore (Wicklow, Social Democrats)
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241. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the persons on the subgroup to develop the National Flood Forecasting and Warning Service; the frequency with which they have met since the subgroup was established and when; and to provide an update on the stage 2 of the National Flood Forecasting and Warning Service NFFWS. [68840/26]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The Government approved the establishment of the National Flood Forecasting and Warning Service in 2016 as a collaborative, government-wide initiative. A subgroup of the Government Taskforce on Emergency Planning was established in April 2025 to progress Stage II of the National Flood Forecasting and Warning Service. The subgroup is chaired by the Office of Emergency Planning in my Department and comprises representatives of:

• the National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management;
• the County and City Management Association;
• the Local Government Management Agency;
• the Office of Public Works;
• Met Éireann;
• the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation;
• the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; and
• the Department of the Taoiseach.