Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 3 March 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Home Building Finance Ireland - Financial Statements 2020

9:30 am

Photo of Brian StanleyBrian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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However, it has not helped the small builder in Mountmellick, Portarlington or Tullamore. That is clear from this. A builder providing ten or fewer units who could not get the equity needed from the bank and would not have been in a position to secure it and the handful of tradespeople with the skills. I assure Ms Deering that homes are needed in the areas I have mentioned. There is huge demand.

How many homes were delivered under the momentum fund, which is valued at €300 million? She gave the figure for how much of the fund has been lent. How many homes have been provided through the fund?