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THE DEPARTMENT OF Social Protection has issued payments to 1,613 homeowners affected by Storm Éowyn, totalling €316,000 – but averaging out to just €195.91 per claim.
The payments were issued under the Humanitarian Assistance Support Scheme. The scheme is an emergency financial payment available to homeowners in the immediate aftermath of a severe weather event.
The department noted that the payment is open to homeowners in affected areas who do not have any power or water supply, and includes support to pay for alternative accommodation if necessary.
Hundreds of thousands of people lost power and water during Storm Éowyn, with many people remaining without either in various areas across the country.
The Humanitarian Assistance Scheme (HAS) offers varying levels of support, including emergency support payments for food, clothing and personal items in the immediate aftermath, which is not income tested.
Support for alternative accommodation is also not income tested.
Longer-term financial supports – including damage repair – and payments to provide for the replacement of goods – such as furniture and other essential household items – are provided on income limits.
Reduced or tapered level of support may be provided in cases where a household‘s income is above these limits. The level of payment depends on how severe the damage is and a person’s ability to meet these costs.
The Community Welfare Service is working closely with the local authorities and Community Welfare Officers are visiting people in their homes where necessary to provide support, the department said.
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I have been lost in penneys for days now, I have surrounded myself with ‘stuff’ bras and lady garments mostly creating a home. I have been sucking the moisture from the floor boards to stay hydrated and feeding on dull hypocritical conversations about the referendum..it’s the night I fear..
Best of luck wait till you go to county Tesco
Ive been Ikea for 6 months now…. I love it here
Surely if you just walk for half an hour, you’d find a Spar or Centra!
Yhea read somewhere
In Ireland the furthest you can ever be from a road is 3 miles
Not sure how true it is
Think if I was lost in Siberia or Utah or the Everglades I’d prefer “that eejit” Bear Grylls to be with me a thousand times more than this tv critic.
You would be wrong.
Bear Grylls is not an eejit!
If you’re lost on any mountain in Ireland, just walk until you find a stream and follow it downhill. It will eventually pass a house or village. You can try this in the safety of your own home with any OS map.
Makes sense if your in Everglades or something to call in to a random house and say your lost..knock on an Irish door and say your lost “f*ck off ye eegit how could ye be lost” haha
Following a stream downhill in fog is a risky occupation, you never know if there is a cliff ahead so beware! Slowly slowly is the way to go.
Walk 1 mile in any direction and order a pint!
Great advice For my trip to west cork Ireland’s answer to the middle of no where
Ha! Classic
Good advice, but if you think of going on a long hike into no mans land you would be a silly person not to bring some essentials.
Found myself on top of benbulben in Sligo after realising I forgot my water and had to drink from squeezing moss which grew out of the cliff face! twas nice :)
Drink your own p!ss !
Did you know a baked hedgehog is actually tasty? Just put it straight on the fire!
How bout just bringing your phone with you?
Phones aren’t guaranteed to work in many remote places.
Basically, this article is nothing but government PR designed to condition the Irish proletariat on what to expect their living conditions are going to be now that the Fiscal Treaty has been passed. We will see families up and down the land evicted from their homes and they will need these survival skills to eke out a basic existence in the hillsides and valleys. “Just collect a giant pile of stuff, and get in the middle of it”, the expert says. Boy, are we ever in the middle of a giant pile of “stuff” as it is and it will only become worse.
Oh FFS! Can we not talk about something else? There’s always one eejit banging on about politics when the subject is nothing to do with politics.
Bear Grylls, climbed everest, was in special forces, published a book, fittest, strongest most courageous guy we know…….
O’KELLY…… Em ….,who…..
Aebhric O’Kelly spent 10 years as a member of united states army special forces as opposed to grylls 3 years in the special forces Reserve. O’Kelly was an instructor in the tom brown school of survival(one of the top survival schools in the united states) while grylls goes on “survival expeditions” with a 5 star hotel to stay in at night. i think the difference may be fact and what makes good tv.
He parascended over Everest too! Think I would go with Bear every time!
What a silly article unless this is some joke. Yeah sure happens to me quite often to wakup next to dead seal which I could skin and put on as my wet gear then jump into freezing cold water and swim ahead maybe some vessel would pass by and see me… Thanks for tip!
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