Eric J. Byrne
Question:148 Mr. E. Byrne asked the Minister for the Environment the criteria governing application for and payment of the grant payable to purchasers of a new house; whether a grant is payable in order to assist the relevant spouse to purchase a house in order to re-establish a family home where that spouse has become legally separated and has signed over equity in the original family home to the other spouse. [9617/97]