Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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149. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if discussions have taken place with lenders with a view to enabling those in rented accommodation to have their deposit requirement partially waived on the basis that they have already proven their capability of loan repayments based on their rental history; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28940/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Rules in relation to mortgage lending are not a matter for my Department. This is more appropriate to my colleague, the Minister for Finance, and for the Central Bank.