Denis Naughten (Longford-Roscommon, Fine Gael)

It is pointless to hand out grants, which is why the Minister said in his Budget Statement that the incentive would cost the Exchequer only €6 million by 2009. The uptake will not be large, since there is not much point in providing an incentive unless one provides a market to ensure that people can make a return.

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