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

The Deputy knows a few of them also. They will get the cheque of €100 but Deputy Kelly, the senior Minister in the Department, will stand over it. The staff in the Department of Social Protection will be tied up. The whole system is gridlocked. I am sure the Minister's offices are dealing with the Department of Social Protection every day of the week. We are now to ask that Department to deal with the applications. If everyone applies, there will be 1.8 million applications. What we should have if we are to have grants is to have proper conservation. We should upgrade the building regulations and promote water harvesting. What is happening is insanity. It is fantasy and fairytale economics. How Fine Gael and the Labour Party can come in here with straight faces and stand over this is beyond me.

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