Ned O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 157: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the ongoing delay in having compensation payments made to persons (details supplied) by the Irish Red Cross Society and whose businesses and private premises were damaged by flood waters in late 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16233/05]

Tom Parlon (Laois-Offaly, Progressive Democrats)
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The cases to which the Deputy refers are among a small number of outstanding cases that were the subject of ongoing confidential consultation with the Irish Red Cross. I have been informed that the Irish Red Cross expects to finalise the cases within the next couple of weeks and payments will issue immediately thereafter. Payments under the humanitarian aid scheme are not compensation for losses but are intended to provide some relief from extreme hardship and to assist flood victims in restoring their lives to some semblance of normality.