25 Márta 2013, 12:12
Representatives of Kildare County Council will attend the meeting of the Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht tomorrow, 26th March 2013 as it continues with its hearings on the difficulties in getting home insurance for properties in areas that have experienced extreme weather events.
Leas-Chathaoirleach of the Committee Noel Coonan TD said: “The atrocious weather and incidences of flooding over the past few days is just another example of the increasingly frequent extreme weather events that have impacted heavily on various parts of the country in recent years.
For many communities and families, the trauma caused by flooding continues as they are now facing insurance problems. The problems people are experiencing with flooding and the impact of extreme weather on our communities forms a key part of the Committee’s current agenda and we have already met with various groups from communities around the country who are dealing with this issue.
Tomorrow, we will meet with representatives from Kildare County Council to get their perspective on the issue. It is a chance for Committee Members to look specifically at what measures one local authority has done, and is doing, to deal with, or help mitigate, the impact of extreme weather events. It is also an opportunity to see what impact measures taken by local authorities is having for individuals, households, businesses and farming communities who are continually disadvantaged through non-cover or inflated insurance premiums as a result of extreme weather in their communities.”
This meeting will start in Committee Room 4, Leinster House at 2.15pm tomorrow, Tuesday 27th March 2013.
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Membership of the Joint Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht
Deputies: James Bannon TD (Fine Gael); Paudie Coffey TD (Fine Gael); Noel Coonan (Fine Gael) Leas-Chathaoirleach; Marcella Corcoran Kennedy TD (Fine Gael); Barry Cowen (Fianna Fáil); Luke Flanagan TD (Independent); Kevin Humphreys TD (Labour); Michael McCarthy TD (Labour) Cathaoirleach; Sandra McLellan TD (Sinn Féin); Tony Mc Loughlin TD (Fine Gael); Michelle Mulherin TD (Fine Gael); Catherine Murphy TD (Independent); Gerald Nash TD (Labour); Seán Ó Fearghaíl TD; Brian Stanley TD (Sinn Féin).
Senators: Senator Cáit Keane (Fine Gael) Senator Denis Landy (Labour); An Seanadóir Fiach Mac Conghail (Neamhspleách); Senator Catherine Noone (Fine Gael); An Seanadóir Labhrás Ó Murchú (Fianna Fáil): Senator Ned O’Sullivan (Fianna Fáil).