Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The scheme is still being worked on. The Minister of State brought some proposals to Cabinet, but there were difficulties with them. Part of the issue is how a new scheme is designed and deciding on those to be included. The wider a scheme is, the more it costs, which makes it harder to do. Finding the correct balance for a new scheme and ensuring that it is doable and affordable is one of the difficulties but, as I understand it, it is the intention of the Minister of State to bring a proposal to the committee and to allow people to deliberate on it on an all-party basis.

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