Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The first home scheme, under the Government's Housing For All programme sets the maximum property price ceiling for houses in Tipperary at €250,000, while neighbouring counties are set at €300,000 and the maximum purchase in some other areas goes as far as €450,000. The housing crisis exists in every county and the costs for building houses are similar. In Tipperary we want to attract developers to build houses so that families can get into housing. Developers tell me it is unattractive for them to build in Tipperary in comparison with Laois, which is next door, Offaly, Limerick and Waterford, where they can make a reasonable profit due to the higher supports there. The scheme needs to be a level playing field. Why has Tipperary such a low purchase ceiling? Has the Government has any plans to increase this to make it a level playing field with our neighbouring counties? We want to help families to try to get into housing. It is a good scheme but it needs to be tweaked to have fairness and balance for my county in comparison with every other county.

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