Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

This is my first time putting a question to the Taoiseach since his appointment and I wish him the very best for the future. I raise a commitment in the programme for Government to expanding the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme. One issue that has arisen recently is that some people who are on the wage subsidy scheme or the pandemic unemployment payment, PUP, have had their applications stalled. I was contacted by a man in Kerry who had almost fully gone through the process but he has now been told he will have to be back at work for three months before the process can continue, even though he is already back at work. A woman told me she had a really difficult time getting qualification for the scheme because she had to jump through unimaginable hoops from the lender of last resort, the State. She had no outstanding loans, a full-time job and a part-time job, yet she still found it very difficult. Will the Taoiseach give priority to the matter, particularly where it relates to the PUP and the wage subsidy scheme?

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