Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

How the Minister can stand over this with a straight face and hold this up as anything but a con is beyond me. The Government introduced a good measure in the budget last year, the tax rebate for home improvements. It achieved two objectives in that it provided employment and allowed people to improve their homes. I give the Government credit for that but it is now introducing a measure that is supposed to be for conservation although there is absolutely no requirement to conserve. It is lunacy. A millionaire living in a mansion up a long driveway who does not have to conserve any water because he is not even connected to the public supply will get the cheque from the Department of Social Protection. I refer to all those big Fine Gael voters up the long driveways. I know they are not all up long driveways but many of them are. Deputy Creed knows that.

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