Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The money has been ring-fenced for the entire year. The Ministers have looked at various options to make the scheme compliant and the legal advice is clear that all of the options would be discriminatory. In order to comply with the legislation and the Constitution we must devise a new scheme. That is why a sunset clause is being included. The money is not being taken away. It is ring-fenced.

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