Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We can only allocate when the local authorities apply. In fairness to local authorities, as I saw in County Clare last week, they have been hit by this big storm and have been in emergency planning mode. They are now submitting the applications to my Department and others. As we get those applications, we will prioritise based on the worst affected counties to ensure we can turn them around.