Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We are providing greater relief in the Republic for individuals who are in debt. In any case, no matter what figure I put on it, the Deputy would seek to cap it.

In regard to the jewellery issue, it was like pulling teeth when I asked Deputies opposite to indicate what value they had in mind. To use a good old Yiddish-American term, everybody looked at me and stayed schtum for quite a long time.

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