Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I wish to make one point on the home loan scheme. I agree with all that you have said, Chairman, in respect of understanding the workings of the scheme. There are people who have gone through the whole system but still have not been allocated a loan, because the local authority has to negotiate with the Department. It seems that each local authority has to do it. We have found this in Kildare and perhaps you find the same in Laois, Chairman. We find that there many applications to buy coming from other counties. We might have more because of value or the price of houses. Anyway, some people have got through the whole system but the money is not available to allow the mortgage to go ahead. It is inhibiting a good scheme.