Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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179. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who have applied under the first-time buyers scheme as announced in budget 2017 by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24089/17]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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There are two stages involved in the Help to Buy Incentive process. Stage 1 is the application stage, wherein prospective applicants can query whether they qualify for the incentive. They can also get clarity on the maximum amount of rebate they could potentially benefit from, based on their tax paid in a four-year period. Stage 2 is the claims stage, wherein applicants that decide to proceed with purchasing or building a qualifying property must provide documentary evidence of the relevant property transaction or their mortgage draw down; it is at this point that the relevant county is identified. Revenue analyses and publishes information in relation to claims by county rather than applications by county. This and other statistical information in relation the incentive may be found at .

I am advised by Revenue that as at 18 May 2017, the following table sets out claims made for the incentive broken down by county: