An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Seanad Éireann — 2022-11-08
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Malcolm Byrne (FF), Cultural and Educational Panel

I want to return to recent weather events. In Wexford we saw a number of events in the past week which were quite serious. In my hometown of Gorey we saw extensive flooding, including the motorway being closed. I saw the impact of what was a mini tornado in Foulksmills and Clongeen. Parts of buildings were demolished, roofs were taken off and damage was done to concrete in a number of houses. Unfortunately we will see more of these extreme weather events and it is important that the exceptional weather payments would be open to those homes and businesses that are impacted. Rather than it being done on an ad hoc basis we will need a clear programme on how to respond to the rising number of these climate-caused weather events.
One of the other implications has been that those who live in Wexford town are under a boil water notice. Some 25,000 people are under a boil water notice in Wexford town due to problems with the water infrastructure in and around the town.
I ask again that we have a debate around Irish Water and the necessity to upgrade the water infrastructure around the country.

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Sitting date: 2022-11-08