Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick East, Fine Gael)
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Question 388: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of money allocated to persons in Limerick city and county from the humanitarian assistance scheme for flood victims as announced last winter; the number of applications made for the fund; the number of successful applications; the amount of money allocated to a county basis; the number of applicants on a county basis; the number of successful applications on a county basis, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19959/10]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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The HSE's Community Welfare Service has been providing support to households under the Humanitarian Aid Scheme since last November's flooding. Up to the 7th May 2010 they had made 2,976 payments to 1,276 individuals to the value of €1,270,547 throughout the country. The HSE has advised that only 6 applications were refused. The following tabular statement gives a county by county breakdown of expenditure and payments.