Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Absolutely. It is common practice, but that does not make it right. For the Minister to say he is concerned about certainty suggests that we should be undertaking work to design the kind of scheme referred to earlier or the kinds of schemes which Mazars and others might have in mind that would appropriately address the problem. This is not appropriately addressing the problem; it is inflating the market and throwing money at a problem in a way that is simply not sustainable or responsible.

I will conclude by saying that it was always the case that the Government would portray itself as being responsible, but it is the Opposition that is being responsible parties when it comes to pointing out the problems with the scheme. The roles have been reversed, which is quite bizarre.