Seán Power (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)

The house of a person who has been in receipt of a subvention for a period of longer than three years will no longer be taken into account. Under the new scheme we are bringing in for next year, it is proposed that the maximum period for which one's house can be assessed is three years. Equally, we are saying that if a person has been in receipt of a subvention for more than three years during which time his or her house was assessed, it will no longer be assessed for the future.

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