Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Let us leave aside anecdotes. There are facilitators working at the coalface who are ultimately employed by the State. Mr. Rafferty can easily check this out. They work for the Inishowen Development Partnership and the Donegal Local Development Company. He should make it his business in the job he is doing to reach out to them in the next week, speak to both of them and ask them if they believe this grant covers 100% of the costs.

We can forget about anecdotes. That will be clear evidence from people working at the coalface with hundreds of applicants. If they confirm that in the vast majority of cases it does not, will the witnesses change their script the next time they come in, which is next week when they will appear before the housing committee?