The Humanitarian Assistance Scheme will be available to provide support to those living in properties directly affected by Storm Éowyn.
The Minister for Social Protection, Dara Calleary, said the scheme prevents hardship by providing income-tested financial support to people whose homes are damaged from flooding and severe weather events and who are unable to meet costs for essential needs, household items and structural repair.
In dealing with emergency events the department generally adopts a three-stage approach as follows:
- Stage 1 provides emergency support payments for food, clothing and personal items in the immediate aftermath of the event
- Stage 2 involves the replacement of white goods, basic furniture items and other essential household items
- Stage 3 is to identify what longer term financial support is required, including plastering, dry-lining, relaying of floors, electrical re-wiring and painting
If any homeowner affected by severe weather needs to access these supports, the emergency Community Welfare Service contact details are available here: gov.ie – Customer Notices (www.gov.ie).
Notes: Community Welfare Service emergency contact details over this weekend.
Public offices will be closed during the red weather warning period. In the event of an extreme emergency (damaged property from extreme weather) occurring due to Storm Éowyn on the days Intreo/ Branch Offices are closed, details of how the Community Welfare Services can be contacted are below.
- Our designated Community Welfare Service phoneline (0818 60 70 80) will be open throughout the day on Friday 24th January.
Community Welfare Services staff will also be available over the weekend and the service can be contacted at:
- Phone: 087 2895001 from 10am to 4.30pm Saturday and Sunday (this phoneline is for Humanitarian Assistance Scheme emergencies only).
- Outside of these hours please email DNCWS@welfare.ie. All emails are monitored.
Further information on the Humanitarian Assistance Scheme is available at: gov.ie – Humanitarian Assistance Scheme (www.gov.ie)
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