‘But what I will say is, in general, I think Met Éireann do have to step up their communication.’James Browne, TD. Labour’s Ciarán Ahern said: ‘Attempting to blame Met Éireann… is ridiculous given his own failure to host a storm preparedness media briefing in advance of the storm arriving on our shores. He said: ‘We will be bringing Met Éireann in and saying there needs to be an understanding here that information is not to be guarded. Also, what we’ve asked Met Éireann to do, as well, is to look at how do you bring these warnings – Yellow, Orange, Red warnings. She asked: ‘Can the Taoiseach tell me if he agrees with his Housing Minister that Met Éireann is guarding this information?