Mortgage guarantee scheme
Deputy Doherty questions the proposed high loan-to-value mortgage guarantee scheme and whether legislation is needed. The Minister says an insurance Bill exists but cannot provide further details, advising a specific parliamentary question.
Tá ceist agam faoi dhá phíosa reachtaíochta atá fógartha. First, will the climate action and low carbon development Bill be debated in the Houses before the summer recess? Second, the Government made commitments under Construction 2020. Today, a State bank, AIB, began a social network campaign aimed at young people telling them not to wait until pay day to buy their Electric Picnic tickets and instead to use AIB credit cards. No terms or conditions were mentioned in the adverts.
Comment on this
It is a throwback to the problems that got us to this point. Under Construction 2020, the Government is committed to introducing an insurance or guarantee scheme to increase to up to 95% loan-to-value ratios for new mortgage participants. Is it still the intention to continue with this hare-brained idea? Does the Government need to legislate to bring it about? If so, when will that legislation be published?
Comment on this
I am told there is already an insurance Bill, but I do not have an answer to the Deputy's question. If he submits a specific parliamentary question, he might get more information.