Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy. This is essentially Deputy Cullinane's amendment and he and Deputy Shortall make a good point about the word "net" and that there are all of these moving bits and we do not want to inadvertently have people losing out by not being eligible or where there is a taxation issue, for example.

Therefore, I have asked the officials to consider the potential for including the word "net" rather than trying to find all the different variables. A reference to a net loss or avoiding a net loss would cover a wide range of things.