Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)

I ask the Ceann Comhairle to ensure this House is not misled in terms of the process on which we are embarking today. When the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources announced the ending of the greener homes scheme on 4 September he stated there would be a Supplementary Estimate to provide for a new scheme. We do not have a Supplementary Estimate today, what we have is what is known as a token Supplementary Estimate. It is not new or additional money coming into the Department, it is a transfer of money from one essential service, which is now being denied money, to shore up a scheme the Government has allowed collapse. I ask the Ceann Comhairle that we have accuracy in what Ministers state so that people are not fooled about what we are engaged in today.

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