Seán Canney (Galway East, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The last matter refers to insurance. The Chairman is probably referring to the humanitarian aid available under a scheme operated by the Department of Social Protection. We have to be careful here. There might be a limited number of individual cases with a particular set of circumstances where there is a lot more involved. We could examine them. The problem, however, is that we have to quantify what we are looking at before deciding to spend money on it. We cannot have an open cheque book. It might be hard to determine the numbers and costs involved. That is a difficulty. The businesses that were flooded received immediate relief for that issue. They were out of business and could not re-open. It is a huge issue and I sympathise with those in that position, but perhaps we can examine it at the next inter-departmental group meeting.