Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 596: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he plans to facilitate persons who purchased houses under the affordable housing scheme to re-mortgage their property. [15707/09]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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Legislative provision to facilitate arrangements under which a local authority could agree to its clawback charge ranking in second place behind a new or topped-up mortgage charge, thereby facilitating persons in affordable housing wishing to re-mortgage with a private lender, is included in the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill which is currently before the Oireachtas and is targeted for enactment by the Summer recess.