Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 March 2018
616. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the compensation paid to businesses affected by the flooding of 28 June 2012 in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13567/18]
View answerMy Department has no role or function in the operation of any scheme of assistance for businesses affected by flooding and did not provide any compensation to businesses affected by flooding of 28 June 2012 in Cork County.
Following on from severe flooding events in 2015/16, the Government established a humanitarian scheme that would support small businesses, community, voluntary and sporting bodies who, through no fault of their own, could not obtain flood insurance, but subsequently experienced flood damage to their premises. The scheme was funded by the Department of Defence and administered by the Irish Red Cross. The scheme has been reactivated on a number of occasions since then, to provide support to businesses impacted by flooding in August 2017 in County Donegal, flooding in Laois in November 2017, and flooding arising from Storm Eleanor between 1 January and 5 January 2018.
