Last week we all saw the devastating floods in Cork. I have to say that we were very lucky in Carlow because we have a great flood relief scheme. There was only a small amount of flooding in Carlow and Kilkenny.

I want to ask the Tánaiste about the fact that we do not have a live national flood warning system and it is my understanding that we have no plans to make one publicly available. I contacted the Department about this and the latest update I received is that the Guide to Flood Emergencies by the Department of Housing, Heritage and Local Government was last updated three years ago and that the odds of a one-in-100-years flooding event was at 1%. This is a huge concern for me. Will the Government consider providing public access to the beta version of the live flood warning system? Will the Tánaiste put together a new working group to review weather events on a seasonal basis and produce learning for public and local authorities?

I am bringing this up because I had a really good meeting with our Carlow weatherman - I am sure the Tánaiste knows of him - Alan O'Reilly.

He gives excellent weather forecasts. He believes the Government needs to consider this. I ask the Tánaiste to look at that and come back to me.

I was listening to the Deputy for a full minute, wondering how she would turn the national picture to Carlow. Bingo, she did so at the end of her contribution in terms of the Carlow weatherman, Alan O'Reilly. I will feed that back to Met Éireann in particular.

It is important.

Met Éireann does give warnings. Some of the challenge relates to more localised warnings. In the situation in Cork, much of the county would still have been orange but there was clear red in certain locations. The micro understanding of weather patterns will probably require more work. If the Deputy emails me the full details of what the honourable gentleman, Mr. O'Reilly-----

I will.

In fairness, he has done-----

He is excellent.

A lot of people follow him. If he makes a submission, we will follow it up.