Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it is a very complicated issue and the Member has asked for a lot of detail that I do not have with me, so I will take that question as notice in order to get the proper information back to the Member. Thank you.

Thank you. The question is taken as notice. Oral questions. Mr. Roland.

The Minister responsible for the Financial Management Board, Mr. Todd.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We deal with the request as they come forward from the investment committee through the investment manager, Mr. Bailey. I think it would be fair to say that we have not been inundated with request to be quite frank. We have dealt with them in an expeditious way. I do not know what the balance of the fund is sitting at right now off the top of my head, but I can get that for my honourable colleague as well as provide him with the full details of what money has been lent to date and for what type of industry. Thank you.

Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Roland.

Mr. Todd.

Thank you. The one thing about the Aurora Fund while it was a good initiative and it was one that as you know I was personally involved in, I really felt strong about getting this thing moved forward. When I say personally involved, I should clarify that by saying it was an initiative that I felt was important that we find new ways to bring new capital into the territories for the private sector to access. The question was, why is there not as much uptake as there was before, I do not know, to be quite honest with you. I know that we deal with the applications as they come forward in an expeditious way.

There is some limitations or a minimum in terms of lending. That may be one reason for it. It does not lend $10,000, $50,000, $100,000. It lends on the larger side of things. In a sense, compliments the business credit corporation which takes care of the smaller loans. I really could not tell my colleague why there has not been as much uptake as we would like, I know we are dealing with them as they come forward. Mr. Bailey is trying his best to let people know about it and there are applications approved on a regular basis. Thank you.

Thank you. Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Roland.

Mr. Todd.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The way I understand the regulations is, when the money comes in from the investors, the potential immigrants, it is put in an escrow account and there is a timeline as to when that money is supposed to be out there working for the investor and working for the country as a whole. I believe, the timeline is either 75 days or 90 days, but I would have to double check on that. There is certainly a timeline from the time it is into escrow and the time it gets out to investment. Thank you.

Thank you. Oral questions. Final supplementary, Mr. Roland.

Mr. Todd.

Well, that has not happened to date, but the theory behind is it should go back. We, in fact, would lose that accessible capital, but to-date that has not happened. Thank you.

Thank you. Oral questions. Mr. Erasmus.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment.

As I indicated in my Member's statement, one of the concerns that was raised at the meeting last night, was the fact that the senior citizens fuel subsidy is not enough to supply fuel for the complete year. Many seniors are going through difficulties because of this. My question for the Minister is, whether he would consider increasing the fuel subsidy so that it would be enough for the seniors to have fuel for the whole year? Thank you.

The Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Dent.

Thank you. Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Erasmus.

Mr. Speaker, what recourse is there if the fuel subsidy does not last through the whole year and the senior is experiencing difficulties? What can the senior do to alleviate that situation? Thank you.

Mr. Dent.