Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 308: To ask the Minister for Social Protection, further to Parliamentary Question No. 103 of the 19 January 2010, the funding made available to date to the humanitarian assistance scheme for flood claims in County Clare; the number of applications for support; the number of applications refused support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21564/10]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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The HSE's Community Welfare Service in County Clare has been providing support to households under the humanitarian assistance scheme since last November's flooding. Up to the 7th May 2010 they had made 453 payments to 100 individuals to the value of €243,201. The HSE has advised that no claim has been refused.

People seeking assistance should contact their local Community Welfare Office. Further information and applications forms in relation to the humanitarian assistance scheme are available from the Community Welfare Service in the affected areas and from the Department's website (www.welfare.ie) and the HSE's website (www.hse.ie).