I presume the Deputy is referring to the mortgage allowance scheme whereby an allowance of up to £4,500 is payable over a five year period to tenants or tenant purchasers of local authority housing or tenants of houses provided under the voluntary housing rental subsidy scheme to assist them to purchase or have a private house built with a mortgage loan. It is paid directly by my Department to the lending agency on certification by the local authority that the applicant comes within the conditions of the scheme and is entitled to the allowance.
In this particular case, an application for payment of the allowance, accompanied by the certificate required has not yet been received in the Department.