Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I did, but the Minister wasted a lot of time telling me what I already knew, namely, the background to the scheme. It is not the first time today that I got a long answer in which the Minister could not get to the meat of the question I tabled. The first answer was a case in point.

Why, according to the Minister's figures, will only 75% of the money be spent? Why is the demand so low and why are payments so slow? How many applications has the Department received? Will they all be cleared by Christmas?

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