Paudie Coffey (Fine Gael)

I thank the Minister of State for his time. I do not doubt his commitment to addressing the housing challenges. Housing policy should be constantly under review because the environment always changes. The Minister of State mentioned that he was bringing forward some loan equity scheme to help people to purchase houses. Is there a time frame for that? I welcome the fact he intends to do an audit of vacant houses which is important in the context of housing policy.