Áine Brady (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)

On amendment No. 14 regarding the property registration authority, while it is acknowledged that this is a routine procedure, we would still like to have it specified explicitly in the primary legislation.

On section 15(a), as I understand it, the Office of the Attorney General was concerned that this provision would be consistent with sections 16 and 26 in terms of the requirement to repay moneys paid by way of ancillary State support, which is the loan element of the fair deal scheme.

On section 15(b), we are simply ensuring that if by some chance the mortgage upon which a charge is registered fails due to a technicality, the HSE will be able to recover it as a debt anyway.