13th November 2025
The Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Peter Burke has opened the Emergency Humanitarian Flooding Scheme for small businesses and community, voluntary and sports organisation. This scheme is aimed at businesses and organisations that are unable to secure flood insurance and have been affected by the recent flooding in the Bantry area in early November 2025.
As with similar flooding events in the past, the Irish Red Cross will administer and make payments under the scheme on behalf of the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment.
The scheme provides an assistance payment towards the cost of returning premises to their pre-flood condition. This includes the replacement of flooring, fixtures and fittings, and damaged stock where relevant. This financial support is targeted at small businesses of up to 20 employees (or wholetime equivalents) and will have two stages:
- The first stage will provide a contribution of up to €5,000, depending on the scale of damage incurred.
- In the event that the premises has incurred significant damages above €5,000, businesses and community, voluntary and sports organisations may apply for additional financial support. Building assessments will be organised through the Irish Red Cross. The total level of support available for both stages is capped at €20,000.
Application forms for support are available at redcross.ie/flood-bantry or can be picked up from the Irish Red Cross Bantry branch. For further information please contact emergencyflooding@redcross.ie.
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