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"Mr[nbsp ]President, firstly I would like to thank the Conference of Presidents for acceding to our request at the last plenary for a discussion in Parliament on this topic of great importance to our citizens. I would also like to thank Commissioner Hahn, whom I and my colleagues met in January and who showed flexibility and understanding of the problem.
However, since our meeting with Commissioner Hahn, this situation has got increasingly worse. The recent ‘Storm Darwin’ did more damage than all the previous storms during December and early January. So it is important that we discuss it and that we send a clear message to Member States that they should carry out a comprehensive analysis of the damage done, and then make an application to the EU Solidarity Fund.
The fund may not be as big as it was, but in times of crisis people look to the European Union for help. We have a golden opportunity here to stand with those who have suffered enormously. In my own constituency, in Clare, Kerry, Cork, Waterford and Wexford, farms, roads, houses, coastlines and beaches have all been severely damaged and people are looking for help. Rather than saying that we will respond if we get an application, we should be encouraging people to apply and saying that we will stand by them as we would do when giving humanitarian aid across the world.
It is time for us to stand by our own citizens in Europe so that they can get help and see that Europe works for them."@en1
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