Aidan Davitt (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am very disappointed with the measure for first-time buyer grants in this budget as it increases the city-rural divide and inequalities in our society. A person privileged enough to live within the M50 belt can avail of this grant but outside that it will apply to almost no one. Contrary to my colleague’s belief that this plan is welcomed by the auctioneers of this country, it is anything but. Young families from Belmullet to Mullingar see no housing starts or benefits from this measure in the budget. It is certainly discrimination.