It is confirmed that mortgage interest relief is set to be extended in 2018. Mortgage interest relief for home loans is currently available to people who bought their home between 2004 and 2012 with nearly 300,000 mortgage holders currently in receipt of relief. In the course of the negotiations with Continue Reading →
The Government needs to prioritise refurbishing vacant units to boost the supply of available accommodation to help tackle the homeless crisis in Kildare. The publication of latest available figures which reveal a 50% increase in the number of people who are homeless between December 2015 and December 2016. There are Continue Reading →
Credit Unions have the potential to offer badly needed competition in the mortgage market but that rules on lending restrictions will have to change to allow this to happen. Credit Unions are operating in a difficult trading environment at the moment with a collapse in investment returns, onerous regulation and Continue Reading →
When this scheme was first proposed in December Fianna Fáil were supportive in theory however we did feel it was essential the Greater Dublin area and other urban zones should be covered. In particular I advocated strongly for Kildare North given the massive housing and rental crisis the constituency faces” Continue Reading →
I gave my “maiden speech” in the Dáil last week, in what was the second day of sitting of the 32nd Dáil. My first speech was a contribution to the debate on Housing and Homelessness. In summary the points I raised are as follows; -Need for a restart of social Continue Reading →