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12/01/2022

Call For Immediate Fuel Plan To Help NI Households

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Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey has come under pressure to bring forward a plan urgently to help Northern Ireland households impacted by the Emergency Fuel Payment Scheme issues.

DUP MLA Stephen Dunne slammed the Minister for her "ongoing silence" and called for immediate clarity on how the scheme will be fixed.

The North Down MLA said: "Families across Northern Ireland have been forced into the indignity of queuing up each morning for a small number to successfully apply to Deirdre Hargey's scheme. Instead of taking direct control she chose to outsource responsibility for its operation to a charity, in the clear hope she could also outsource criticism to them also.

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"The Minister needs to get a grip, step forward and tell the public how she intends to fix her mess. She needs to explain what assessment she made of the demand for this scheme and what preparations were made for the launch and application process of this scheme. She had plenty of time to plan given the lengthy delays in bringing it forward after its initial approval. The only plan she seemed to have however was to blame Bryson for any 'operational issues' when problems arose.

"Given the Minister's shambolic handling of the JobStart scheme and her continued inability to deliver the Sub-Regional Stadia programme it is clear the Communities Minister needs to either let someone else step forward who can actually take decisions or for the Executive as a whole to take control of the situation and offer reassurance to hard-pressed families across Northern Ireland."

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