Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy for acknowledging the incredible efforts that were put in by our partners in the NGO sector. His remarks are well said. A huge amount of work went in and there were extra outreach teams and people running emergency facilities through the night. As a result, we were able to bring many more people into emergency services to take care of them during this very difficult storm event. We already put a huge amount of money into these services with our partner organisations. As part of the work that has been ongoing since this began last week, there are pathways for each of those individuals who have now come into the system to see how we can get them the proper care and supports on a longer-term basis. This work is concluding at present. I expect a report on Friday which will be a pathway for each additional individual who came into those services over the course of Storm Emma.

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