A total of 1,696 were registered from Donegal people applying to the Humanitarian Assistance Scheme following Storm Éowyn in January of this year.
In new figures provided by the Department of Social Protection to TG4 current affairs programme 7LÁ, there were 93,007 applications (All stages) registered in respect of 75,733 people totalling almost €12.8 million for the Humanitarian Assistance Scheme that was opened after extensive damage caused by Storm Éowyn in January of this year.
County Galway had the highest amount of applications with 30,592, County Mayo had the second highest with 17,303, and County Roscommon had the third highest with 8,702 applications.
Currently there are 22,149 applicants whose claims have been decided and have not been awarded a payment.
There have been 52,616 Stage 1 applications awarded in respect of 50,953 unique customers.
Storm Éowyn compensation claims will be the main topic of 7LÁ tonight at 20:00 on TG4 & TG4.ie
