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<p> </p><p>EU Solidarity Fund money is available to all Member States suffering from
large-scale natural disasters, but is subject to a number of eligibility requirements,
including on the level of direct damages. Comparing the damage today to the 2007 floods,
and following contact with the Commission, the Government's assessment was that we
had not met these conditions. The Regulation governing the EUSF sets the deadline
for applications as ten weeks after the first damage caused by the disaster.</p><p>
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