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Three counties awarded over 60% of €13.6m aid fund after Storm Eowyn

Three counties awarded over 60% of €13.6m aid fund after Storm Eowyn

Over 60% of humanitarian assistance funds provided after Storm Éowyn caused significant damage across the country was awarded to three counties.
Some €13.6m has been paid to homeowners so far after the storm brought record-breaking gusts of 183 km/h. Over 768,000 customers were left without power, with thousands of households having no electricity for weeks as a result of the storm on January 24.
Of the €13.6m paid out by the government so far, 63% was given to homeowners in Galway, Mayo and Roscommon, according to figures obtained by RTÉ. As of June 3, 55,700 applicants received the humanitarian assistance fund due to Storm Éowyn.
This fund includes payments for essential food and clothing during the immediate aftermath of an extreme weather event, and income-tested support for those whose property was damaged. Households in Galway received the most funding after Storm Éowyn. Some 18,756 homeowners were awarded, totalling over €4.7m.
In Mayo, 10,127 people were awarded payments worth over €2.3m and 5,808 people were compensated in Roscommon totalling just under €1.6m. Just under €1m was given to residents in Leitrim. It had the highest average award of any county at €301.52.
Cavan, Clare, Longford, Monaghan, Sligo and Westmeath all had over 1,000 successful applications. There are three stages to the Humanitarian Assistance Scheme. Stage one addresses hardship in the immediate aftermath of a severe weather event, and provides emergency support payments to cover food and other essential costs.
Stage two support generally involves the replacement of white goods, basic furniture items and other essential household items after a severe weather event. The third stage 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 rewiring and painting.
As of May, more than 90,000 applications were made under the Humanitarian Assistance Scheme due to Storm Éowyn. This is the highest in the history of the State. It is estimated that Storm Éowyn caused €200m in damage across the country.
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