Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

They are not agreed. In June the Minister with responsibility for housing advised me in a reply to a question in the Dáil that the proposed shared equity scheme had been approved and passed by the Central Bank. We now have confirmation that this is not the case. In fact, we know the Central Bank and the, Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, have both criticised that scheme indicating it would potentially push up house prices.

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