Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 8 November 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Ivan Grimes:

We have had 150 draft applications and approximately 40 applicants who have submitted all the documentation. This is all online. Regarding the help-to-buy scheme, I understand there was a bit of a backlog initially but that has been resolved. As Mr. Walsh said, we are trying to look at how to market this scheme better and boost the number of completed applications. All we are doing now is selling a process. We need to start creating a better marketing version of what it is we are doing. We will be doing that and we are looking at it actively.