Mr. Robert Burns:

Our figures show that it is largely single properties being activated in this way. It has been used with multiple units and in estates. It is something we are looking at more and more. Our housing stock in the Fingal area is relatively new, so it is one-off. The view is that one house in an estate can start to have a knock-on impact so we have tended to get involved early on. The repair and leasing scheme was useful, but looking at the tools we have, there are further tools available. The Croí Cónaithe towns scheme is a good scheme. It is only at the early stages. There is a significant level of interest in the refurbishment scheme as opposed to the site scheme - that is a maximum of €50,000 for a principal private residence. We hope that in the next few weeks we will have our first successful grant going through on that scheme. That is positive. It could be added to the suite of tools.