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

I thank Deputy Lahart for his question. On the purchase for the tenant in situscheme, it is going extremely well. I am glad to hear the progress that is being made in south Dublin. We will exceed the baseline target of 1,500 that we have set this year. We have between 800 and 900 already concluded, and about another 1,500 going through the conveyancing process, which is way above and beyond what we thought. It is a great way of securing tenancies and additional public homes for people.

The north inner city initiative has been successful because it got community buy-in and cross-departmental support. Within my own Department, there are areas like the urban regeneration development fund, on which we have engaged extensively with South Dublin County Council, which covers part of the Deputy's own Dáil constituency. Significant funding has been given through that fund, and that has been really good. We need to look at areas where there is high deprivation. That is why we have changed the local property tax baseline as well, to take into account the funding we are giving to local authorities based on geographic size and on deprivation in certain areas, and to target and focus the resources we have on areas that need more assistance.

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