Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions
Dail Éireann — 2026-06-18
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David Maxwell (FG), Cavan-Monaghan

I thank the Tánaiste for his response. As I said, this affects a number of families around the country. The people who have come to my office only want to have security in the knowledge that they can own their own home. A number did get a chance before 2016 but their financial circumstances at the time did not allow them to take up that offer to secure a home loan, so they had to decline it. After making a home in these houses, working hard, saving their money and building a track record in savings, some people can now apply and be successful with a home loan application for the house they have lived in for maybe up to the past 20 years but they are now being told, "Sorry, just keep renting it". This is not every Part V house. Not everyone wants to buy but for the families who do, can we look at the scheme?
With the announcement of €850 million under the housing activation fund - I thank our colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Cummins, for all his work on this over the past year - to unlock houses around the country, including up to 1,195 houses in Monaghan and 750 in Cavan, and other initiatives the Government is bringing forward to help increase the housing stock, if we increase the housing stock, will that help us to alleviate that problem?

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Sitting date: 2026-06-18