Christopher O'Sullivan (Cork South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

-----and the recent increase has been welcomed. Furthermore, the grant is bigger again for people who live on islands and there are a lot of habitable islands off west Cork. It is making a difference and we are seeing it in the constituencies.

We have also recently seen the change in the rules around the local authority home loan, which will mean more people can access it and avail of it. We are certainly not running out of ideas. As I said at the start, the renter's credit has offered breathing space for a lot of people and allowed them to save, perhaps for a mortgage. I look forward to seeing the report and I welcome the Minister's comments about a campaign to make people more aware of the fact that it is there.

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