Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

There has been great interest across the country in the loan scheme and there have been a number of successful applicants to date this year. However, we have to be very careful. We must make prudent decisions in the context of mortgage lending at local authority level. A meeting was held last week between officials from my Department, the Housing Agency and the Housing Finance Agency to discuss the implementation of the loan scheme in certain local authorities where there may be a misunderstanding. Communications will issue to these local authorities to help them to better deal with the public in accessing this very important mortgage option.

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