Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Yes, and there was probably a very good reason it is not in the power of a Minister to grant favours to particular areas and not to others.

I will now refer to the mortgage to rent, MTR, numbers. Some 318 MTR cases have been completed to date. There are 671 in process at the moment. There has been a review of mortgage to rent, which has streamlined the process. We made an additional €5 million euro available in the budget for this year. There is €22 million in total available for this year. There is a pilot at the moment asking private investors to indicate their willingness to engage in a new MTR pilot scheme. We had expressions of interest earlier this year, and the pilot is being assessed at the moment using the housing agency. There is a lot more that we can deliver through mortgage to rent, but it has to be done in agreement with the person living in the home.

I do not have the figures concerning the prevention campaign on me, but I can get them to the Senator.