Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That issue came up in today's questions. Deputy Brophy raised it. This is a commitment in the programme for Government and that commitment to take threshold for category A from €280,000 to €500,000 is over the period of the Government. It would be very costly to do that in one leap, therefore, it is more likely it would be done gradually over a period of time.