Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

The failure of the Government to deliver social and council housing for people on housing lists or in homelessness hubs is well known. What discussions has the Taoiseach had, which sub-committee deals with it and to what extent does the Taoiseach have a handle on the issue of affordability for those whose incomes are above the eligibility threshold but too low to get a bank loan? Yesterday, for example, I had a distraught mother telling me about her son and daughter-in-law. Her son is highly qualified and works for a telecommunications company. He cycles all the way from Ballybrack to Dundrum every day and gets a reasonable wage while his wife works as a hairdresser. They applied for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme but were refused without explanation. They have their deposit and a clean credit rating but they were refused. That mother simply asked me if the scheme was a scam. If someone like her son and his wife, making the efforts they have made to get themselves educated and working, cannot get this scheme, who can? How could they possibly be turned down? She went on to say that her research shows that 67% of applications for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme are being refused. Can the Taoiseach confirm that?

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