Written answers
Tuesday, 31 May 2022
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
Housing Schemes
Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department engaged with the European Commission on whether the Croí Cónaithe Cities scheme was compliant with European Union-state aid rules; and the conditions, if any, that the European Commission imposed on the scheme to ensure compliance. [27292/22]
Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats)
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231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Croí Cónaithe Cities fund has received an exemption from the European Commission with regard to state aid rules, as outlined in Article 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27367/22]
Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 231 and 220 together.
Addressing the current housing shortage requires short, medium and long-term action to stimulate housing supply. The Croí Cónaithe (Cities) Scheme is one measure within Housing for All that will help to kick-start apartment developments that might not otherwise be developed.
In developing the Croí Cónaithe (Cities) Scheme, my Department engaged in consultation with the Directorate General for Competition in the European Commission (DG COMP), following which, a pre-notification of the scheme as State Aid compatible with the TFEU has been prepared and submitted to DG COMP.
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