The Minister for Social Protection Dara Calleary has confirmed that the Humanitarian Assistance Scheme will be available to provide support to those living in properties directly affected Storm Éowyn.
The Humanitarian Assistance 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, our emergency Community Welfare Service contact details are available here: Customer Notice.
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 our Intreo/ Branch Offices are closed, details of how the Community Welfare Services can be contacted are below:
Community Welfare Services staff will also be available if and as required, 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
