Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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606. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the 2023, 2024 and 2025 budget allocation for the historic structures fund, in tabular form. [45036/24]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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607. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the 2023, 2024 and 2025 budget allocation for the built heritage investment scheme, in tabular form. [45037/24]

Malcolm Noonan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Green Party)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 606 and 607 together.

The funding allocations for the Built Heritage Investment Scheme (BHIS) and the Historic Structures Fund (HSF) for the years 2023, 2024 and 2025 are as follows:

Funding of €300,000 for a new Conservation Advice Grant scheme was introduced under the HSF for 2024. The funding allocations for these schemes for 2025 take account of a policy change to administer grants of between €15,000 and €50,000 through the BHIS, thereby transferring to the BHIS grants that would previously have been issued under HSF Stream 1. This change, combined with the inclusion of ringfenced grants for historic thatched buildings under BHIS, accounts for the change in the relative amounts allocated to the BHIS and HSF schemes in 2025 compared to 2024. I would also note that total funding across the schemes has been increased by €400,000 compared to 2024.