Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Our policy is to support home buyers because we support home ownership. The truth is this is a key affordability intervention. Many people will sleep in homes tonight, in every county throughout the country, who would not have those homes if this scheme did not exist. That is my view and it is why the Government has supported this scheme. The Deputy talked about targeting and the scheme being regressive. She asked about plans for the phasing out of the help-to-buy scheme. I take it she is against the scheme and believes it should be brought to an end.

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