Ms Helen Faughnan:

The amounts available depend on the composition of the family, for example, the number of children. All of this detail is available on the Department’s website. That is the reference in the presentation. The applications are changing daily. Up to last Friday we had paid 270 households. Some of those households have received more than one payment. Depending on the number of children, they might have received €400 or €500 in the first week or so. Now, if they are still out of their homes and need to do laundry and buy food but cannot do a supermarket shop because they cannot access their homes and are shopping daily, which is more expensive, they receive ongoing payments.