Brendan Griffin (Kerry South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

When questions are asked in groups, we are not getting answers. Could I have answer to that question? Will deploying additional staff ensure the problem is sorted before Christmas? It is not acceptable that only 30,000 grants will be paid by the end of the year. That leaves thousands more without payment. What are those people to do? Are the systems in place not adequate to sort out this mess? Who is accountable? Who will take responsibility? Will Ms Stewart accept that the system is not working? Will she acknowledge the hardship and distress caused to the applicants who still await payment? Will an apology issue or will the message to the students who are waiting for their payments from this meeting be that the system is working?