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

It is an activation measure. For it to be activated quickly, it must be relatively easy to implement. The measure is universal. We have had 1,600 applications so far and 600 of them have been approved. We will keep it under advisement, but the scheme now is relatively straightforward to understand. If the property is vacant for more than two years and was built pre-2007, the applicant can get €50,000. If the property is deemed derelict - it is on the derelict sites register or an argument is put to the local authority that it is derelict - the applicant will get €70,000. On top of that, the applicant can get up to €27,000 from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, SEAI. This is about towns and villages. For a scheme to really work, it must be relatively easy to understand. This scheme is.