Patrick Costello (Dublin South Central, Green Party)
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292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 49 of 8 November 2023, if he will provide a breakdown of the number of local authorities that have drawn down funding from the available €180,000; the amount they have requested; the amount they have received to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50692/23]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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In acknowledgement of the administrative overheads for local authorities in managing the Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant and the Ready to Build Scheme, the Department provides an initial supporting allocation of up to €180,000 to each local authority in respect of processing applications for both schemes, which are funded under the Croí Cónaithe Towns Fund, as follows:

• Up to 50 applications received - €60,000
• 51 – 100 applications received - an additional €60,000
• Over 100 applications received - an additional €60,000 (in total - €180,000)