Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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105. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the circular with details of the changes to the vacant property grant of 1 May 2023 will issue to local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21950/23]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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The Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant is being expanded from 1 May to build on the success of the scheme to date and further increase the number of vacant and derelict properties brought back into use. Details of the expansion are as follows:

1. The inclusion of one property which will be made available for rent, by the owner, in addition to one grant for a property which will be a principal private residence of the applicant i.e. a maximum of two applications for a grant will be available;
2. Changing the eligibility date, which is currently 1993 for the build date, to include vacant and derelict properties built up to and including 2007; and
3. Increase of the current maximum grant rates from €30,000 to €50,000 for vacant properties and from €50,000 to €70,000 for derelict properties
4. My Department has updated the scheme documentation, which is available on my Department’s website at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/service/f8f1b-vacant-property-refurbishment-grant/#documents. Revised guidance, including a circular, has issued to local authorities.