TD to ‘protect state’ from flood cases

THE minister with responsibility for flood protection has vowed to protect the taxpayer from any attempts to blame or sue publicbodies for flood damage.

Dr Martin Mansergh, the Minister of State at the Office of Public Works (OPW), was speaking in Skibbereen, Co Cork, at the weekend at the launch of the National Flood Forum – a nationwide group that aims to support, and lobby for, flood-risk communities.

“I followed with close interest, while I was attending a resumed Budget Council in Brussels last Monday, the news coverage of their floods,” the minister said.