Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)

There are good models available and one of the best schemes that ever existed was the simple savings scheme with An Post. A person could basically save relatively small amounts of money for five years and get a return. This was dealt with in a very effective and comprehensive way. I acknowledge that An Post potentially would have a role to play in this, along with the NTMA. However, there would also be strong interest from private providers. At the end of the day, the advisory group currently working on this will provide the advice.

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