Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

When people talk about reviews of schemes that are working, I always worry that someone will have a rush of blood to the head and suspend a particular scheme while a review is being carried out. This scheme is successful. Why break something that is working successfully? The Minister referred to approximately 10,000 applications. Allowing that some will be rejected, if 9,000 houses were done and paid for, that would be a massive increase in the housing stock in situ. That would be major progress. If the rate of refurbishment is approximately 5,000 per year, will the Minister indicate the percentage of new available houses on the market that represents? That is relevant. It is significant, but how significant is it as an addition to the stock of available houses for people to rent in the long term? The great thing about this scheme is that people can only get the grant if they live in the property or it is being rented long-term.

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