Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 February 2026
706. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an exhaustive list of flood related compensation, paid from his Department's vote allocations over the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14108/26]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Emergency Response Payment assists in minimising hardship by providing financial support to people whose homes are damaged from flooding and severe weather events and who need help to meet emergency costs for essential needs, household items and structural repair.
It is important to note that the scheme does not provide a general compensation payment for damage or losses incurred as a consequence of a weather event.
Expenditure under the scheme for the last ten years, from 2016 to end of December 2025, was just over €23 million. Details on the breakdown of this expenditure by year is provided in Table 1 in the following tabular statement.
Additionally, Government decided in December 2010 that, on a once-off basis, the Department Social Protection could hold a provision of up to €4 million to assist households with relocation costs following the flooding of November 2009. The total paid under this scheme in the last ten years, from 2016 to end of December 2025, was some €800,000. Details on the breakdown of this expenditure on this once-off scheme by year is provided in Table 2 in the following tabular statement.
I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
Tabular Statement
Table 1-Expenditure under the Emergency Response Payment by year for the period 2016 to end of 2025.
|
Year |
Expenditure under Emergency Response Payment |
|
2016 |
€1,682,000 |
|
2017 |
€613,000 |
|
2018 |
€350,000 |
|
2019 |
€96,000 |
|
2020 |
€83,000 |
|
2021 |
€132,000 |
|
2022 |
€201,000 |
|
2023 |
€1,904,000 |
|
2024 |
€2,481,000 |
|
2025 |
€15,483,000 (provisional) |
Table 2-Expenditure under the Relocation Scheme by year for the period 2017 to end of 2019
|
Year |
Expenditure under Relocation Scheme |
|
2017 |
€230,000 |
|
2018 |
€373,000 |
|
2019 |
€196,000 |
