Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I would like to raise an issue that the Taoiseach spoke about at the recent progress report update for Housing for All. It is something I have an interest in as a person who bought a house in the last few years, namely, the difficulties that people have when they go through the process itself. The Taoiseach and the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, have spoken about the establishment of an expert group to examine the processes around purchasing a home with a view to cutting down on bureaucracy and stress involved for people purchasing their first home. I welcome the establishment of the expert group that the Taoiseach said will examine this. He referenced other countries when he was giving his few words at the progress report update. I know he does not want to impact the work that expert group will do, but he referenced how they do things very differently in Scotland and how it has worked. We can examine what happens in other jurisdictions and look at how we can learn from that. Can the Taoiseach elaborate on the ideas that he has going forward for that expert group, when it will commence its work, who will comprise the group and when he hopes to have an outcome and recommendations?

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