I thank the Ceann Comhairle. I am all shook up. Communities devastated by flooding are angry about the failure of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael to deliver desperately needed flood defences. The Taoiseach might remember that in the wake of Storm Frank in 2015, when he was the leader of the Opposition, he described that flooding as a national emergency. He criticised the then Government for being far too slow. That was 11 years ago, and now he talks about waving magic wands and points the finger of blame at all and sundry. There are now 94 ongoing flood relief schemes, 68 of which have not even gone to planning. That is shocking given the increased frequency of extreme weather events. Where is this national emergency-style action from the Taoiseach's Government to get these flood defences in place?

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