More funding is to be provided for schemes relating to storm damage after huge numbers of homeowners and businesses applied for aid, Newstalk has learned.
The issue is to be discussed at Cabinet this morning.
Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Simon Coveney will bring a memo topping up the amount of money available to the humanitarian schemes after Storms Babet and Ciarán late last year.
The floods and high winds badly damaged businesses across the country, with huge damage recorded in Cork, Louth and Galway in particular.
Cars negotiate a spot flood on the N71 near Skibbereen. Credit: Andy Gibson/Alamy Live NewsThe Cabinet originally approved €5.3 million for the scheme but this will be more than doubled by an additional €5.7 million, bringing the total fund to €11 million.
It is understood this is due to the larger than expected number of applicants with the entitlements of the recipients unlikely to change.
In October, it was announced that businesses could apply for up to €100,000 to repair the damage caused by Storms Babet and Ciarán.
Main image: Flooding in Cork. Picture by: Cork County Council.
