Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have another question which I posed earlier to the departmental officials. I am not sure who might wish to answer it. I have been contacted by people who took out equity loans on their homes during the Celtic tiger era and now, when they need to avail of the fair deal scheme because the equity loan is in place, that person cannot avail of the fair deal scheme. Is this something any of the witnesses have come across or is it a new phenomenon? When those people borrowed that money, they were much younger and now they are getting to the age where they need the fair deal scheme.