Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Can I ask, Deputy Bruton, you were very critical of the tax reliefs in your opening statement in relation to the property tax reliefs and indeed Mr. Kenny outlined them in his opening statement. Can I ask you, Mr. Bruton, why did you table an amendment in the Finance Bill in February 2004 looking for an extension of the tax reliefs to allow for, not full planning permission to be required, but outline planning permission - and your colleague Jimmy Deenihan argued that a specific case in relation to a hotel in his constituency would not be able to avail of the scheme which was the foundation of the amendment - given what you tell the committee in terms of your party's opposition to these tax reliefs and their extension?