Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

That is a good point of order. I only mentioned Clonmel because I visited the area and they have a model for dealing with flooding because, unfortunately, they had previous experience. They knew how to handle it. The CWOs in Athlone had not experienced this previously and they responded. Where flooding occurred around the country, the CWOs are expediting humanitarian aid and so on.

I strongly believe people should be in rented accommodation for six months before they seek State aid, otherwise everybody will look for the best accommodation and only have to pay €24 a week in rent.