Oct 24, 2026 · 24 min · 8 segments
Áine Kerr discusses Storm Bóelo and delays to Ireland’s Climate Action Plan with Ciarán Mullooley, Independent Ireland MEP; Jennifer Whitmore, Social Democrats TD for Wicklow; Timmy Dooley, Minister…
Timmy DooleyGuest
Áine KerrHostCiarán MullooleyGuest
Jennifer WhitmoreGuest
Peter ThorneGuestPaul NearyGuest
Minister Timmy Dooley, you'll have been watching all of this closely across the country all week, two storms in two days.
You know, I've been particularly struck just the level of anxiety, angst for a lot of people, particularly in places like Middleton.
What do you say to them this afternoon that's constantly living with this angst? And is there more that can be done, like practical protection people can get in certain parts of the country while they wait for more permanent schemes?
There is great concern about people who have been impacted by storms in the very recent past.
And we're seeing storm impacts now that would have been referred to as one in 50 years, one in 100, one in 150 years, actually happening every three, five and maybe every 10 years.
And in addition to the necessity of the state in particular, but everybody concerned to look at that seriously as to how we put in place the appropriate mitigation measures and try insofar as we can to to address the climate change.
flood restriction measures and barriers that are now being needed in areas that they might never have been expected in the past.
But I know there is a lot of work going on across local authorities in particular areas.
Minister, on that question of time, because we hear repeatedly and we know it from Climate Change Advisory Council, some of these flood relief schemes taking an average of 11 years to complete.
So what can be done to accelerate some of those projects around the country? Like what are some of the main barriers to implementation and delivery?
In some places there are impacts on local residents who have certain rights as well.
So all in all I think we've got to look at some of them in the context of strategic infrastructure that needs to be rolled out.
That impacts on other citizens too who don't necessarily like it or feel that the impact is too great on them.
So we've got to try to do it in a holistic way but I think if we Try in the first instance to do what your engineer from Kerry County Council already said.
Maximise the activity on the ground in advance of the storm so that everything that can be done to alleviate the significant flooding in advance of that.
But I have seen cases where even temporary barriers... are objected to and it ends up going through the judicial review and planning restriction systems and people revert to the court.
Minister Timmy Dooley, you'll have been watching all of this closely across the country all week, two storms in two days.
You know, I've been particularly struck just the level of anxiety, angst for a lot of people, particularly in places like Middleton.
What do you say to them this afternoon that's constantly living with this angst? And is there more that can be done, like practical protection people can get in certain parts of the country while they wait for more permanent schemes?
There is great concern about people who have been impacted by storms in the very recent past.
And we're seeing storm impacts now that would have been referred to as one in 50 years, one in 100, one in 150 years, actually happening every three, five and maybe every 10 years.
And in addition to the necessity of the state in particular, but everybody concerned to look at that seriously as to how we put in place the appropriate mitigation measures and try insofar as we can to to address the climate change.
flood restriction measures and barriers that are now being needed in areas that they might never have been expected in the past.
But I know there is a lot of work going on across local authorities in particular areas.
Minister, on that question of time, because we hear repeatedly and we know it from Climate Change Advisory Council, some of these flood relief schemes taking an average of 11 years to complete.
So what can be done to accelerate some of those projects around the country? Like what are some of the main barriers to implementation and delivery?
In some places there are impacts on local residents who have certain rights as well.
So all in all I think we've got to look at some of them in the context of strategic infrastructure that needs to be rolled out.
That impacts on other citizens too who don't necessarily like it or feel that the impact is too great on them.
So we've got to try to do it in a holistic way but I think if we Try in the first instance to do what your engineer from Kerry County Council already said.
Maximise the activity on the ground in advance of the storm so that everything that can be done to alleviate the significant flooding in advance of that.
But I have seen cases where even temporary barriers... are objected to and it ends up going through the judicial review and planning restriction systems and people revert to the court.
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