Michael Finucane (Fine Gael)

I thank the Minister of State for his response. I welcome the fact he would apportion a fund for emergency situations. A person applying now must wait until the closing date next May and might not get the security pendant until the same time next year. The situation of a group of houses in a housing estate is different from that of houses in isolated rural areas such as those in west Limerick about which I am often approached. I refer people in these areas to the people involved for advice. Is the situation different if security suppliers are given the equipment in bulk for an estate rather than for an isolated rural area, where people often have to pay a burden of more than €160?