Government failed to pay out storm compensation to local authorities says Barry Cowen
The Government failed to pay over a third of compensation claims sought by local authorities after the last storms.
Fianna Fáil's Environment Spokesperson Barry Cowen has said the coalition's track record proves it cannot be trusted to respond to flood damage.
He claims Councils applied for €21m to help with repairs two years ago, but only €13m was recouped from the Department of Environment.
Deputy Cowen explains where he got his figures: “Well they came from a PQ that I put down and the reason that I put it down was I had heard Taoiseach and Minister Harris amongst others make commitments at the start of the unfortunate weather that we have had during the month of December around the country whereby they said the authorities would not be found wanting.
“I found that somewhat disingenuous because I knew for a fact in the case of my own county having funds following the storm two years ago that they got 10% of what they had sought.”
