Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I hope to bring forward an amendment on Report Stage. It is a very good proposal. The one in last year's Finance Bill was probably not taken up to the extent the Minister would have hoped. However, I think Deputy McGrath's amendment goes too far.

I refer to the areas selected, and I am here very much with a parochial hat on. The town of Bray has properties which are much more appropriate than those in Galway or Kilkenny. I do not want to pitch one against the other but I lived in Galway for a number of years and I also lived in Kilkenny and the number of buildings which would fit the criteria and would benefit would be far greater in Bray, in particular along the seafront. Kilkenny and Galway have a limited number of houses which would benefit from such a scheme. I would like to know how the areas were selected. Will the Minister keep an open mind on a Report Stage amendment to include the town of Bray which, in many respects, is an extension of Dún Laoghaire, which would have many properties that would qualify?