A total of 118 claims were made from Kerry for the Humanitarian Assistance Scheme opened after extensive damage caused by Storm Éowyn in January of this year.
In new figures provided by the Department of Social Protection, there was a total of 93,007 applications registered in respect of 75,733 people totalling almost €12.8 million.
Galway had the highest amount of applications with 30,592, Mayo had the second highest with 17,303 and County Roscommon had the third highest with 8,702 applications.
There are currently 22,149 applicants, whose claims have been decided and have not been awarded a payment in respect of Storm Éowyn.
The full story of the compensation claims will feature on 7LÁ on TG4 at 8.00pm tonight.
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