Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Minister spoke without interruption.

The fact of the matter is that all the macro plans the Minister followed were put in place by us. All he had to do was to follow them but he has managed to go in and make some very bad decisions. Furthermore, I ask the Minister, Deputy Alan Kelly, since he is responsible for housing, how the Labour Party concluded that it was a good idea to get rid of the mortgage interest supplement, which was specifically mentioned in the four-year plan as not only to be retained but to be strengthened? Why did he take that away as a safety net for the citizens? I do not know if any Government Deputy will speak tonight, because I notice it is opposition Deputies who are speaking. If he replies, I hope the Minister, Deputy Kelly, will explain why he and his colleague, the Tánaiste, took away that fantastic safety net just when it was most needed by the plain people of Ireland. Of course, the Minister, Deputy Kelly, is helping the big boys and doing the small ones.

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