Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2023-05-04
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Micheál Martin (FF), Cork South-Central

I will raise this with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, if the Deputy could bring the specific example. Sometimes specific examples can illustrate a wider systemic problem, or could be the catalyst for a new policy proposal. There are always these issues between thresholds and repayment capacity and so on, but I would err on the flexible side right now. People are paying very high rents and whatever loan they would receive from the local authority to enable them to purchase a house would probably mean them paying less in a mortgage. We should examine that. I will ask the Minister to talk to the Deputy.

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Sitting date: 2023-05-04