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‹ Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation

Storm Éowyn review

Summary

Deputy Connolly asked for the promised review of the State response to Storm Éowyn, citing continuing outages and concern in the west and north west. The Minister said work was ongoing across government and relevant Ministers would respond.

In the aftermath of Storm Éowyn, the Government committed to a full review of the response of the State to the impact of the storm. As we recall, across the west and north west, there were extensive periods of outages of water, electricity, broadband and communications services.

It has had a large impact on the minds of people in that part of the country. Even today, constituents have reported to me an increase in the occurrence of intermittent electrical outages as a result of Storm Éowyn, which happened on 21 January. I am asking that we consider the publication of the report prior to the summer recess.

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There has been ongoing work across government relating to the lessons from Storm Éowyn and the recovery efforts. The Minister, Deputy Calleary, who is here, has been prioritising the outcome of this in terms of his submission to the national development plan and how we build more resilience into our public infrastructure, whether that is in communications, community infrastructure or energy infrastructure. Every Minister has been extensively engaged on the specific lessons from the impact of Storm Éowyn. I will ask some of the Ministers who have been centrally involved to respond to Deputy Connolly on what actions they have taken. It has been a constant focus of work since the storm occurred in late January.

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