Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I wish to raise two related points. One is the issue of returning emigrants. I have a number of cases of people who went abroad when the economy crashed. They bought a property in London, for example, lived there for a number of years, sold it and returned home. They do not have a huge lump sum and they never owned a property in this jurisdiction but they are deemed to be non first-time buyers. Is that necessary?