Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The help-to-buy scheme provides a deposit on a home and that is totally overlooked. Yes, people are paying high rents but the scheme provides a deposit on a house and, furthermore, the mortgage-to-rent scheme allows people to stay in their homes and everything should be about keeping people in their homes. That is of great importance.

Deputy Danny Healy-Rae spoke about nothing happening since the moratorium came in. The Government was very definite about the moratorium in that it was always going to be a temporary measure and was never supposed to be permanent. All Deputies agreed that it should not be permanent measure. Sinn Féin wanted it to go next January on a cliff edge. There is no cliff edge here and it will last until 18 June.

We have built 10,000 social units since the moratorium came in across a range of areas.

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