Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 April 2024
361. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update in respect of research his Department is funding regarding activities by Met Éireann; if he will detail the recommendations Met Éireann has made to him in respect of pluvial flooding (details supplied); and the amount he has funded to Met Éireann for this research from 2020 to date in 2024. [17555/24]
View answerMet Éireann a line division of my Department funds a broad range of research activities relevant to its mission “to monitor, analyse and predict Ireland's weather and climate. We do this to provide Irish society and decision-makers with world-class weather, climate, and flood services to protect life and property, and to promote wider societal and economic well-being”.
Met Éireann is currently funding the Weather and Climate Research Professorship and two research calls (1) TRANSLATE to develop and deliver multiple climate services in support of the climate decision-making community, and (2) Code Performance to contribute to the development on the performance of numerical weather prediction codes on emerging high performance computing systems.
In addition, Met Éireann is co-funding research with a number of other organisations including EPA and Teagasc. Some examples of this include evapotranspiration maps for Ireland, evaluating the vulnerability of aquifer recharge to changing climate across Ireland and Synthetic Aperture RADAR with Applications to Meteorology. In the area of flooding, research has been conducted into fluvial and coastal flooding.
Met Éireann funded €4.3m in research between 2020 and to date in 2024.
