Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Ó Cuív would know all about the humanitarian assistance scheme. I think he was involved in establishing it. Originally, it was run through the Irish Red Cross and would have to be re-established each time there was a flooding incident. We took the decision, in the last Government, that we would have a standing fund that could be dipped into straight away. I think the point to get out to people is that if they have an incident where their home is flooded tomorrow morning, they can access funding straight away, without a means test, from their local community welfare officer who has access to that fund. Supplementary to that, it is based on whether you have insurance, income and so forth. However, there is initial help for every single individual should they find themselves in a flooding situation. They should make contact, through the emergency number, with the community welfare officer straight away.

Does Deputy Ó Laoghaire have a question?