Cabinet to agree financial support for flooded Cork and Waterford properties

Cabinet to agree financial support for flooded Cork and Waterford properties

Lia Vaz cleaning up at The Urban Shave which had been renovated six months ago and is now destroyed after the flooding in Midleton, Co Cork. Enterprise Minister Simon Coveney will bring a memo to Cabinet to allow for payouts to businesses that could go beyond €70,000, while Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys is to bring details of an enhanced humanitarian scheme to support households. Picture: Dan Linehan

A multimillion-euro financial support package for families and businesses hit by floods in Cork and Waterford is to be signed off on by the Government on Tuesday.

Enterprise Minister Simon Coveney will bring a memo to Cabinet to allow for payouts to businesses of up to €100,00, while Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys is to bring details of an enhanced humanitarian scheme to support households.

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