Aidan Farrelly (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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462. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount provided to each local authority in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025 in respect of the built heritage investment scheme. [15194/25]

Aidan Farrelly (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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471. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the projects funded under the 2023 and 2024 historic structures fund, in tabular form. [15243/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 462 and 471 together.

My Department funds a range of grant schemes for the repair and conservation of protected structures and certain other historic buildings.

The Built Heritage Investment Scheme (BHIS) provides grants of between €2,500 and €50,000 for a wide range of conservation works; the Historic Structures Fund (HSF) provides grants of between €50,000 and €200,000 for similar works at a larger scale. Both schemes are administered in the main by the local authorities with funding from the National Built Heritage Service (NBHS).

The breakdown of BHIS funding allocations per local authority is as follows:

In relation to the Historic Structures Fund, the list of projects awarded funding is published by my Department on an annual basis. Projects funded under HSF in 2023 can be found at the following link:

www.buildingsofireland.ie/app/uploads/2023/03/Historic-Structures-Fund-2023-Projects.pdf

Projects funded under the HSF in 2024 can be found at the following link:

www.buildingsofireland.ie/app/uploads/2024/03/Historic-Structures-Fund-2024-Grant-Offers.pdf

Projects awarded funding under HSF in 2025 (announced last week) can be found at the following link:

www.gov.ie/en/publication/5aea3-2025-historic-structures-fund-hsf-recommended-grant-offers/