Departmental Schemes
Seanad Éireann — 2025-12-09
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Gareth Scahill (FG), Nominated by the Taoiseach

I thank the Minister of State. The number is small. In my own local authority I believe there is a maximum of 40 applicants. Considering this scheme has benefited over 60,000 people, it has done what it was created to do. I understand it was created as a temporary measure. It was designed and introduced to make building viable. Under facilitating investment and addressing viability, the programme for Government that the Minister of State and I, and all my colleagues, signed up for commits to measures such as development levy waivers, Uisce Éireann connection charge rebates and the croí cónaithe scheme. We know the great work happening in all those areas. What the local authority officials told me is that the small number of people who believed they were on the scheme but have been told they cannot avail of it, the local authority has no scheme from which to draw down the waiver to get it back and that is the only blockage that I am trying to relieve. I thank the Minister of State for his answer.

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Sitting date: 2025-12-09