Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)

I have done my best answer to the questions the Deputy put to me earlier on, in particular the point he put to me regarding the role of developers and the fact they will be able to access that scheme. I have made the case to the Deputy that given the nature of planning regulation in many of these cities, it will be the case that we need to broaden the scheme to allow developers to play a role within it. I will make a few points on the safeguards that are there in relation to it. Conscious of the experience we have had in the past with schemes like this, it is very limited geographically. The number of properties that may be able to apply and that would be able to qualify for it is 41,000, which is a relatively small share of the total number of properties we have within our State and, critically, it has a cap of €300,000. I believe they are reasonable safeguards to have in place.