Seán Sherlock calls for tough stance on insurance sector

Insurance companies are refusing to provide flood cover to homeowners living by streams and tributaries of the River Blackwater in North Cork, even though it’s been claimed they have not flooded in living memory.

The claim has been made by Deputy Seán Sherlock, who told the new minister in charge of OPW flood projects that the Government needs to take a tougher line with the insurance industry, especially as in many cases it continues to deny flood cover in areas where expensive flood alleviation schemes have been undertaken.

Mr Sherlock made the comments at a meeting of the Oireachtas committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform.