Michael Finucane (Fine Gael)

It was sneaky to reduce to €300 the funding for that scheme. The Minister responsible has an abundance of funding available through the dormant accounts fund etc. I want him to increase the funding for this scheme to 90% and to put in place an emergency-type fund whereby if a person applies for this service, satisfies the criteria and is eligible for it, the security alarm can be fitted straight away. If Senator Leyden wants to do something to help hard-pressed taxpayers and pensioners, he should talk to the Minister responsible for that scheme.