The Croí Cónaithe scheme whereby people are supported to refurbish derelict buildings to make them available for homes has been especially successful. An additional concession was made recently to extend that scheme to rural villages and rural locations across the country. Again, that has been successful and a lot of interest has been developed. However, an additional restriction has been placed on that scheme that we should seriously consider removing. That is the restriction whereby, if people take up the grant and refurbish a building, they are obliged to use it as their principal private residence. If we opened the opportunity that all of these buildings, as they are being refurbished, can be used as either a private residence or within the rental market locally, first, it would be another powerful lever to have many vacant buildings throughout the country, particularly in rural Ireland, reinstated and used as homes for people. Second, it would drive vitality and energy into rural towns and villages, similar to what Deputy Mattie McGrath mentioned earlier. It is an additional concession we should consider making.

It has been a very good scheme and it is one that the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, deserves great credit for initiating in the first instance. We have to evaluate schemes as they evolve. This was part of the housing initiative to create affordability for people to live in various locations, and to provide affordability to couples and people who might want to own and live in their own house. It also has the add-on effect of dealing with dereliction and giving the capacity to refurbish houses that might have been derelict for ten or 15 years. I will take on board what the Deputy is saying. I know the Minister is continuing to keep all of this under review.