Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)

It is shameful. I am sure even the Deputies sitting opposite me, who probably had no input into this measure, are ashamed of it.

Earlier this year, I made representations on behalf of some constituents in respect of the insulation grants that are awarded by the Health Service Executive. I discovered, to my horror, that the HSE north-eastern area had exhausted its annual funding for this initiative by April. I have since raised this issue on the Adjournment. The HSE north-eastern area was told by the Ministers for Health and Children, and Finance, and by the Taoiseach, that it would not receive any more funding for the scheme in 2006.

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