The Labour Party has put down this motion to voice its view, as well as to give Government Senators, whether they are members of Fianna Fáil or the Progressive Democrats, an opportunity to express their thoughts on this matter. Anybody who has listened to the radio during the last week will have heard many backbench Fianna Fáil Deputies saying that the proposal to abolish the first-time buyer's grant is appalling and awful. Five minutes after they said they were personally opposed to the idea, they made clear that they will vote with the Government nevertheless. I have personal experience of voting against a Government as a Government backbencher and Fianna Fáil Deputies have done likewise in the past. It is possible not to support the Government when one is a representative of a Government party; there is life after doing so, just about. It is possible to hold a conviction strongly enough to give it due expression by opposing it in the lobbies of the Oireachtas. I hope some Government Senators will have sufficient strength of conviction to vote with the Opposition tonight, rather than simply voicing their hostility to the measure in front of the electorate. Government backbenchers have to put up or shut up as regards the first-time buyer's grant.