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- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals (13 Nov 2012)
Brendan Griffin: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an appeal to the disadvantaged area appeals committee in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50046/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (13 Nov 2012)
Brendan Griffin: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a disadvantaged payment for 2012 will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50048/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals (13 Nov 2012)
Brendan Griffin: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an appeal to the disadvantaged area appeals committee in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50049/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals (13 Nov 2012)
Brendan Griffin: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an appeal to the disadvantaged area appeals committee in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50050/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Grants (13 Nov 2012)
Brendan Griffin: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if grant approval will be granted for the special construction of a bridge on a forestry road in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50066/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (13 Nov 2012)
Brendan Griffin: To ask the Minister for Health if a hearing device will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49750/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (13 Nov 2012)
Brendan Griffin: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry [49751/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (13 Nov 2012)
Brendan Griffin: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the anticipated completion date for improvement works currently being carried out on the N86; the timeframe for the total 32 kilometre section; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50008/12]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Student Grant Application System: Discussion with SUSI (13 Nov 2012)
Brendan Griffin: I have a couple of questions. To echo what Deputy O'Brien said, the statement that worried me most this morning was that the system is working. It clearly is not. Does the delegation not accept this? Does it acknowledge the considerable distress and hardship experienced by applicants? As Deputy Daly and others said, SUSI should apologise to the applicants. If the delegation acknowledges...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Student Grant Application System: Discussion with SUSI (13 Nov 2012)
Brendan Griffin: It is an online application system. Surely that would have been one of SUSI's priorities at the outset?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Student Grant Application System: Discussion with SUSI (13 Nov 2012)
Brendan Griffin: I asked five questions in total, for which I seek answers.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Student Grant Application System: Discussion with SUSI (13 Nov 2012)
Brendan Griffin: I also asked whether Ms Stewart would now acknowledge the system is not working.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Student Grant Application System: Discussion with SUSI (13 Nov 2012)
Brendan Griffin: This is fundamental to making progress.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Student Grant Application System: Discussion with SUSI (13 Nov 2012)
Brendan Griffin: An acknowledgment that the system is not working is fundamental to making progress on this issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Student Grant Application System: Discussion with SUSI (13 Nov 2012)
Brendan Griffin: If the witnesses will not acknowledge that, members are all wasting their time here.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Student Grant Application System: Discussion with SUSI (13 Nov 2012)
Brendan Griffin: The questions on lost documentation, waiting times and staffing issues were not adequately answered.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Student Grant Application System: Discussion with SUSI (13 Nov 2012)
Brendan Griffin: Some were not answered at all.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Student Grant Application System: Discussion with SUSI (13 Nov 2012)
Brendan Griffin: There is no point in asking questions if they are not going to be answered.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Student Grant Application System: Discussion with SUSI (13 Nov 2012)
Brendan Griffin: What is the point of asking questions if they are not going to be answered? Members came to this meeting to act on behalf of the hundreds and probably thousands of people, collectively, who have asked them to scrutinise the system, but the questions are not being answered.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Student Grant Application System: Discussion with SUSI (13 Nov 2012)
Brendan Griffin: What is the point of asking such questions if members are not going to get the answers?