When I was the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works in 1995, I was confronted with a similar situation at Glenbrack, Gort, County Galway, and other areas throughout the country where widespread flooding occurred and where beautiful new dwelling houses were submerged to a depth of several feet, and in some cases to roof top level, for several weeks. I set up a one stop shop in Gort to co-ordinate relief work. I chaired an interdepartmental committee which met on an ongoing basis to assess the damage and monitor the situation. I brought a detailed report to Cabinet spelling out the extent of the damage caused and the cost of restoration and compensation. I travelled to Brussels and obtained money from the Commission. We made Government money available to provide humanitarian relief for families whose homes had to be evacuated. We put in place also the relocation compensation scheme to enable families who could not return to their damaged or destroyed homes to relocate elsewhere in the vicinity. We brought in the Irish Red Cross Society to administer the scheme and it did a superb job.