Sharon Keogan (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I will just need a minute. I am certainly not here to tear down the Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020. I welcome the measures the Government has taken and I wish only to add something constructive that perhaps should have been included. Section 8 amends the help to buy scheme, but it applies to only new homes. I would like that to apply to second-hand homes. That is my only criticism of this Bill. The Government has failed to address this. People might want to buy a second-hand home rather than a new one.