Politics

‘Parallel’ mortgage interest relief scheme for households on social welfare promised

Paschal Donohoe, the Minister for Public Expenditure, has promised that mortgage interest relief will cover households on social welfare as well as those paying income tax

A housing development under construction in Dublin. Paschal Donohoe is going to design the new scheme in co-operation with Heather Humphreys, the Minister for Social Protection, whose department will then make the payments to the mortgage holders instead of the Revenue.