Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 May 2004
394 Mr. Connolly asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has proposals to restore the first time buyer’s grant, particularly in view of the continuing escalating cost of new and second-hand houses with consequential crippling debt being incurred by prospective house purchasers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14223/04]
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The termination of the new house grant scheme, which was announced on 14 November 2002, arose from the necessity, in the context of the 2003 Estimates, for the Government to ensure a sustainable match between expenditure and resources, and to concentrate housing programmes on areas of greatest impact and social need. It is not proposed to review the basis on which the scheme was terminated or to reintroduce the grant.
