Over 92,000 applications made for compensation from Storm Eowyn
Over 92,000 applications have been made for the Humanitarian Assistance Scheme due to the damage caused by Storm Éowyn.
The Department of Social Protection said 45,600 Stage one payments have been made, totalling almost €11.2 million.
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Storm Éowyn left 788,000 people without power across the country after it hit the country in January.
There were also outages at water treatment plants, which cut off water supplies to some people.
Stage 1 of the scheme is to address hardship in the immediate aftermath of a severe weather event and provides emergency support payments to cover food and other essential costs.
Stage 2 support generally involves replacing white goods, basic furniture, and other essential household items after a severe weather event.
Stage 3 helps to make a person's accommodation habitable again in the aftermath of a severe weather event. It generally includes funding for work such as plastering, dry-lining, relaying of floors, electrical re-wiring and painting.
Stage 1 of the scheme was opened on the 23rd of January, and it was closed on the 25th of April.
Stages 2 and 3 of the scheme were also opened on January 23rd and remain open. Applications to stages 2 and 3 of the scheme are means-tested.
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