I join my constituency colleague in calling for the expediting of the flood relief schemes in Midleton, Castlemartyr, Killeagh and Mogeely. Scientists are saying that the fact the tide was out on the day means we missed a bullet, but I am worried about sea levels rising. The seas are rising all around our coast. What we saw with Storm Babet was a taste of things to come. What policies is the Government putting in place to deal with sea levels rising and not lowering again?

The Government is working on a national adaptation plan. With UCC, Cork County Council has concluded a major survey of the entire coast of Cork to understand the vulnerabilities. There are other vulnerabilities, as I understand it, underneath Midleton. We have to more proactively develop sea protection mechanisms to cope with rising sea levels. I have argued publicly that we have to accord the same priority to adaptation as to addressing climate change itself. Climate change is happening. Storm Babet was a clear example of that. It was a climate event, not just a normal flooding event. I was there two days later and I met people. We were quite fortunate that people did not die during that storm.

That is true.

I saw some of the videos of people trying to navigate their way out of shops. It was quite frightening, and that was with the tide out and very little warning.