Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

To answer the question directly, with the first home scheme in particular, we have had approvals in 29 of the 31 local authorities. There are only two counties in Ireland that have not had approvals yet. It helps to drive first-time buyer development and delivery and we are seeing that response on the ground. We were in Drogheda this morning and all those homes will be under the caps for the first home scheme. We have revised them too, as the Deputy knows. I believe we have targeted 2,000 for the first home scheme this year. That is on top of the other delivery we are doing on local authority affordable housing, which I might turn to in a moment. The response has been positive and strong. People, and first-time buyers in particular, are accessing it to help them buy their home.