Ms ?ine Stapleton:

We have been listening to the issues homeowners have raised with us. I fully accept there are challenges around this. We have been working with them in terms of some flexibilities that we can bring, particularly around the upfront payment of items such as professional fees, that do not infringe on some of the core requirements of the grant. We are subject to some of the restrictions of the requirements of the grant not being paid in advance. We have some flexibilities. As Mr. Michael McGarvey from Donegal said as well, we are looking at some of those ancillary payments and how we might be able to improve the early payment of those. We are very aware there are challenges there and we are looking, within the parameters of the scheme, to bring as much flexibility as possible to help those people access the scheme.