Jerry Buttimer (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome Deputy Fitzmaurice to the House and congratulate him on his victory in the by-election. I wish him a long tenure in the House.

This measure is of huge and positive assistance. It will encourage people to save and will reward responsible saving by first-time buyers. Where I agree with Deputy Timmins is that first-time buyers have a right to have the dream of owning their own home.

I am glad Deputy Tóibín is back in the House. I despair at times of the rhetoric of those in Sinn Féin. They are populist and they do not want to see anyone succeed except themselves. I ask them to look at themselves in the mirror and look at the policies they espouse and what they stand for.

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