Could the Minister say what has happened to the other grants? Is this the only grant from his Department?

For a new house?

Yes.

(Cavan-Monaghan): That is gone.

Since 14th October.

What grant is available for a secondhand house.

For the purchase of a secondhand house?

Yes.

None.

What grants were available before the Minister came into office?

For the purchase of a secondhand house a person usually gets a loan.

A loan is not a grant.

The Deputy asked me what grants were available.

I asked the Minister was there a grant——

The Deputy asked me was there a grant available for——

Question No. 19. This is reducing Question Time to nonsense. I will not allow this dialogue across the House.

I am trying to elicit information from the Minister.

The Deputy asked me what grant was available for the purchase of an existing house. I never heard of any grant from any Department to purchase an existing house. Before I became Minister I was a practising auctioneer, and I would love the Deputy to tell me, if one buys a secondhand house at an auction or otherwise, where one would get a grant for that purchase.