I am very disappointed with the measure for first-time buyer's grants in the budget as it increases the city-rural divide and inequalities in our society. A person privileged enough to live within the M50 belt can avail of the grant but outside it it will apply to almost no one. Contrary to my colleague’s belief that this plan is welcomed by auctioneers, it is anything but. Young families from Belmullet to Mullingar see no housing starts or benefits from this measure in the budget. It is certainly discrimination.