A review into the State's response to Storm Éowyn is due to be submitted to the Government in the coming months.
Following a meeting of the Government Taskforce on Emergency Planning today, the Tánaiste Simon Harris said the report will be ready before the summer.
In a statement, he said today's discussions focussed on how to deal with future storms and how communities could be better supported when extreme weather events take place.
Officials from the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications also provided a briefing on the impacts of a long-term gas outage on Ireland.
Storm Éowyn struck in late January bringing record-breaking winds and causing widespread damage.
The storm brought the provisional highest wind speeds since digital records began at Ceann Mhása, Co Galway. The highest gust recorded was 184km/h, while the highest 10-minute wind speed was 142km/h.
Mean wind speeds reached hurricane force 12 on the Beaufort wind scale at Ceann Mhása and Malin Head in Co Donegal.
Ceann Mhása was one of four weather stations that broke their highest gust records during Storm Éowyn on 24 January.
The storm caused an estimated €200m in damage and left 768,000 homes and businesses without power.
No power meant businesses and schools were forced to close, transport links disrupted, and hospitals left relying on emergency generators.
According to Met Éireann's meteorological report for January, Storm Éowyn "went through explosive cyclogenesis as it approached Ireland from the southwest" and "reached peak intensity as it brushed" Ireland's northwest coast.
