Eugene Regan (Fine Gael)

Yes. It is incidental that these Acts benefited other individuals during the years, but the reality is that they were introduced to benefit specific individuals and at their instigation. Given the tradition of Fianna Fáil Ministers for Finance to introduce legislation to benefit specific individuals, I believe Deputy Fahey, when Minister with responsibility for fisheries, found it quite acceptable in the circumstances to introduce a scheme to benefit two individuals in his constituency. I am talking about the lost at sea scheme-----