Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 13 January 2016

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection

Humanitarian Assistance for Household Flooding: Discussion

1:00 pm

Photo of Joanna TuffyJoanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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I am not sure if the witness has further referred to fishermen but can she clarify the situation with regard to farmers? I made enquires on behalf of someone whose land - as opposed to the family home - has been affected by flooding. If fuel, for example, on a person's land is destroyed, can he or she receive funding towards new fuel in order to keep his or her home heated? Is there flexibility there? If someone is a farmer and the house and farm are close together and the two issues overlap, will the Department representatives clarify that situation and what would be available?