ESB should not manage dams, flood report states

A LONG-awaited Oireachtas report into the November floods crisis has called on the Government to consider removing the ESB from managing the country’s dams — but has failed to draw any conclusions on what caused the scandal.

After a seven-month investigation, the cross-party Environment Committee report into the floods which devastated large parts of the country and caused €141m in damages to Cork city alone recommended the controversial step to prevent a repeat of the crisis.

A leaked copy of the report, which will be published next Tuesday and has been seen by the Irish Examiner, details 25 separate recommendations.