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Europe > Ireland > Disasters

IRISH DISASTERS STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Central Emergency Response Fund > Contributors > Pledged $11,903,360.00 [3rd of 28]
Funds commited to Tsunami aid $26,000,000.00 [20th of 22]
Funds committed to emergency Tsunami aid $24,000,000.00 [15th of 22]
Hurricane Katrina > International aid response
Has offered to send 30 members of the Irish Defence Forces. The Irish army would supply thousands of ready meals, tentage, blankets, water purification services and medical aid, including first aid kits, crutches and wheelchairs. The group would include about ten experts in stress debriefing. Six of the troops would operate two water purification plants. The Irish Government also announced it is to provide initial funding of EUR 1.2 million for the victims.
Tsunami > Foreign tourists missing 20 [24th of 37]
Tsunami > Foreigners death toll 1 [30th of 34]
Tsunami > Funds pledged $26,120,000.00 [22nd of 37]
Tsunami > Funds pledged by NGOs and public $52,230,000.00 [13th of 24]
Tsunami > International aid packages $1 million dollars
Tsunami > Total aid package $78,350,000.00 [21st of 37]
Tsunami aid commitments as a percent of pledges 100% [1st of 16]

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SOURCES: Wikipedia: Central Emergency Response Fund ; OECD, October, 2005.; OECD, October 2005; Wikipedia, CNN; BBC, Wikipedia, Norwegian ministry of foreign affairs, Reuters, US State Department, CBC News, http://www.stuff.co.nz/ and CNN; BBC, CNN, Wikipedia, Norwegian ministry of foreign affairs and French deputy foreign minister Renaud Muselier; OECD, Wikipedia, The Australian, BBC, Bloomberg, The Indian Express, CNN and The Reuters; Wikipedia, The Australian, BBC, Bloomberg, The Indian Express, CNN and The Reuters; BBC, Alert net by Reuters, Sify news and The Age; OECD, October, 2005.

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Ireland, ireland republic, Republic of Ireland, Irish Republic

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