Colm Keaveney (Galway East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The crisis has targeted the most vulnerable people. I would like the Minister of State to explain to the House the reason there is a 15 week waiting time in respect of the processing of applications under the fair deal scheme.

The Minister, Deputy Varadkar, in the recent past blamed the crisis on his predecessor.

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