Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Tomorrow, Department officials will meet the vacant homes officers in each local authority to brief them on the changes, which will be followed by the issuing of a circular and guidance, and a list of frequently asked questions and answers will be provided. We will move into full action on this tomorrow with the key people, who are the vacant homes officers and the designated teams in local authorities because they are the point of contact for people inquiring about the Croí Cónaithe scheme. As the Senator has said, the fact is the scheme is now being extended to properties pre-2007 as distinct from 1993, and that will also apply to rental properties. It is a fact that we are increasing the grant by €20,000 for both vacant and derelict homes. We very much want to intensively engage with local authorities, as we have done to date. If local authority officials have questions on implementing the scheme then they will be dealt with tomorrow.