Written answers

Tuesday, 1 June 2010

Department of Social and Family Affairs

Flood Relief

10:00 am

Photo of Deirdre CluneDeirdre Clune (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 389: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the level of funding that his Department has paid to flood relief victims on a local authority basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23385/10]

Photo of Éamon Ó CuívÉamon 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 assistance scheme since last November's flooding. Up to 7th May 2010 they had made 2,976 payments to 1,276 individuals to the value of €1,270,547 throughout the country.

The amount spent on a local authority basis is not available. However, I have set out a tabular statement of expenditure on a county by county basis.

Value and Number of Payments Made and Individuals Assisted - Week Ending 7th May 2010 under the Humanitarian Assistance Scheme
Expenditure by Number of Individuals County County Payments Made Assisted
€ 323,667 CORK 858 486
€ 387,953 GALWAY 821 335
€ 243,201 CLARE 453 100
€ 103,525 WESTMEATH 413 86
€ 74,789 TIPPERARY 128 77
€ 23,774 ROSCOMMON 65 28
€ 5,171 CARLOW 32 28
€ 16,115 LIMERICK 33 23
€ 17,681 WICKLOW 22 15
€ 12,883 KILDARE 35 15
€ 6,666 WATERFORD 11 10
€ 55,121 OTHER 105 73
€ 1,270,547 Total 2,976 1,276
* There were fewer than 10 individuals assisted in each of the other counties

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