Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Flood and storm events are, unfortunately, becoming quite common. In each of these events, damage is caused. A significant number of commercial properties and dwellings in Galway city, Oranmore and Clarinbridge were damaged by the recent Storm Debi. I am aware that schemes are available to help these people. However, a number of smaller businesses have losses that far exceed the existing limit of support to get themselves back into business. Due to previous flood events, these businesses were not able to get flood insurance. Will the Minister outline the steps being taken to assist such businesses? In the long term, it will be cheaper to get them back into business than to have failed businesses. In many cases, these were the only businesses of their type in the village of Clarinbridge. Will the Minister outline what steps the Government intends to take to improve what is on offer? What is on offer is substantial, but it needs tweaking for a small number of businesses.

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