Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú) | Oireachtas source

One of the major problems the people of Midleton have in terms of the flooding is that when it happened, they had politicians arrive at the location, some of them wearing boots and topcoats, offering tea and sympathy and guaranteeing there would be speedy help. One of the promises was that humanitarian assistance would be given. However, many of those families still cannot obtain humanitarian assistance for the situation they are in. It is an incredible situation. There is confusion over how the humanitarian assistance is to be calculated. When people put in estimates for the work, they are told they will be paid half the amount of the estimate. If they have insurance, that pushes against the humanitarian aid they will receive. People are living with PTSD given the experiences they had during the floods in Midleton. They are crying out for help. The best way the Government can help would be to speed up the humanitarian assistance, give a date for the interim works and give a date for the delivery of the planning application.

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