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

Will the Minister give me or Cork City Council a commitment regarding anyone who is approved to buy one of these homes if the bank pulls mortgage approval? One family, comprising a husband, wife and two children, is living in a box bedroom. They were waiting to move into one of these in February. Another family is split between each of their parents. Another woman with children has mortgage approval and is living in terrible conditions. She is now worried there is a possibility that because of the delay she could lose mortgage approval. Will the Minister give a commitment with regard to anyone who falls through? Yesterday I was on local radio in Cork. No one can understand how the conveyancing issues were not dealt with at the time. Surely it was spotted when the Minister and the Department were putting this together. Was it not spotted then? When was it spotted and why was it not acted on?