€15m more for victims amid failure to deliver on ’09 pledge

As the Government adds another €15m to monies made available to the victims of flooding, it has defended paying just €2.2m to householders from the €10m pledged in the wake of floods four years ago.

The Humanitarian Assistance Scheme was approved by Government in November 2009 after massive floods, particularly in the south of the country.

The €10m on offer was, according to the Department of Social Protection, to go towards “the replacement cost of essential personal belongings or household goods and appliances”.