Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)

That supplies €30 million, which means the normal Exchequer contribution to this scheme comes only to between €30 million to €40 million this year. If the Exchequer provided €60 million last year, to which the Minister has added another €30 million from the pension levy, that makes €90 million. This year the Minister will get the €30 million again because there is a levy on pensioners again. The total sum, according to the figures we have, is €64 million. That means that other than the money being taken from the pensioners to fund this only €30 million is to come from the Exchequer, a halving of the money that came this year.

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