Michael D'Arcy (Wexford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will give the Senator actual numbers. A total of 87 people benefited from KEEP in 2018, its first year of operation.It is not a case of tens of thousands of people scamming the system and the income tax structures. It involves a very small number of people, so it has not had the take-up we wanted. We wanted thousands of people who are working within the SME sector to be able to take share options and have them as a savings opportunity and whenever they may require that savings opportunity, they would-----