Call for emergency co-ordinators to have adequate records of people with disabilities ahead of storms

A search and rescue team transporting locals yesterday in Enniscorthy, Co Wexford, after the River Slaney burst its banks. Picture: Patrick Browne

Emergency co-ordinators must ensure they have adequate records of people living with disabilities ahead of major storms, according to recommendations from the Oireachtas climate committee.

The committee's series of proposals, stemming from the aftermath of Storm Éowyn last January, were issued as the country was once again battered, this time by Storm Chandra, almost exactly a year later.

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