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Anyone who fished behind the net in the chaotic expired 10,000 euro subsidy scheme, must know before 1 May how can still be claimed on the money. That said State Secretary Hans Vijlbrief (D66) Wednesday in the House of Representatives.
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At the beginning of January, tens of thousands of Groningers were in the digital queue for the subsidy. Hundreds more lined up at town halls. In the end, half of the people could not apply because the money ran out.
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The same week, the Cabinet pulled the wallet and 250 million euros were added, so that all about 53,000 beneficiaries can get their subsidy. But since then it has remained deafeningly quiet.
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Shame
Prime Minister Mark Rutte repeated Wednesday that he was ashamed of the chaotic arrangement. Also state secretary Vijlbrief wants that ‘ this can no longer happen.’
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Clarity in the coming months
Vijlbrief announced on Wednesday that implementing organization SNN will ensure that everyone who is entitled to it receives the money in his or her account. It should be clear by May how SNN will do that. Vijlbrief wants everyone who is entitled to the money to apply for the summer.
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SNN to re-arrange subsidy
Before that, SNN will first handle the 25,000 applications submitted at the beginning of January. There will also be an evaluation of what went wrong. After that, the organization continues with the plans to distribute the extra money.
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The House of Representatives will discuss gas extraction in Groningen on Wednesday. In particular, the possibility of increasing gas extraction was high on the agenda. Almost the entire room spoke out against it again. The government promised to do everything possible to prevent the extra extraction, but did not want to give any guarantees.
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Reporter Tristan Braakman follows the debate in the House of Representatives:
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Additional millions of SNN grant to be distributed by summer
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Correction: An earlier version of this article stated that the repair millions must have been distributed for the summer. That is not correct, the aim of the secretary of State is that everyone can make an application before the summer.
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