David Cullinane (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

At the heart of it was a decision of the Ombudsman that the scheme was being applied unfairly because of the age criteria concerned. The Government will keep the scheme going for a couple of months and will come back to it, but did not deal with the substance of what the Ombudsman said. The scheme will not be made available for all those who need it. The Government has again gone for the cheap way out. The Minister of State may shake her head but that is what the Government went for.