Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I wish to reiterate the remarks made by Deputy Farrell. I thank the Department for the heroic efforts of its staff over the past week. Today has been a very long day for witnesses and I thank them for their patience.

I shall focus on the mortgage-to-rent scheme and will break it down into two sections. First, I will deal with the local authority sector. I think a pilot scheme was conducted by the local authorities in Dublin and Westmeath. I ask the Secretary General to outline the logistics of the scheme.