asked the Minister for the Environment the reason £1,000 was not paid to persons (details supplied) in Dublin 11 in respect of their purchase of a new home, especially when it was known that they had been tenants of the corporation for an extended period and fulfilled the grant requirements in question.

There is no record in my Department of the receipt of an application for a new house grant from the persons named. However if the Deputy can provide any papers or correspondence about the case I will have it investigated further.