Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 13 June 2024
Public Accounts Committee
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
9:30 am
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source
Could I just ask very briefly about the flooding? My colleague talked about Midleton, which is the place that comes most immediately to mind. Some businesses got up to €100,000, which was very understandable, because otherwise we would lose the businesses in that whole area. The one thing people say when areas are flooded is that their biggest fear is that it will happen again, so we could have that same outlay a second time. What people want, insofar as it can be given, is an assurance that it is not going to happen again. Is that amount considered in the overall scheme where there have to be supports on a humanitarian basis for householders and businesses to stay afloat - pardon the pun?
Is that considered in the costings, or does it play any part at all?
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