€8 million.
Local authorities will be given €8 million “to facilitate and support the on-going clean-up works being undertaken at local level in the aftermath of Storm Desmond”, according to a statement made by Alan Kelly, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government today.
The announcement came after a meeting by the National Coordination Group in response to recent flooding – which has seen hundreds of Irish homes and businesses adversely affected.
A further €5 million will be made available to small businesses in order to subsidise the losses suffered and damages endured.
The full details of today’s meeting can be read here, or you can watch a video of the statement below:
Clip via MerrionStreetNews.
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