Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I seek further information from the Minister on this proposal. I was intrigued by his final remark in which he stated the scheme has been extended in view of expansion works or extensions to nursing homes following a review of the operation of the scheme by consultants and the Department of Health. However, the essence of his comments in the first half of his remarks was that the scheme was introduced in budget 2015 and now that it has got EU approval, is being commenced tonight. How could a review of the operation of the scheme be carried out in respect of nursing homes if the scheme has not been in operation at all and is only commencing tonight? Was this review conducted in respect of a different set of tax reliefs into nursing homes? It cannot have been on the operation of the employment and investment incentive because-----

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