Written answers
Tuesday, 1 July 2025
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
Housing Schemes
Cormac Devlin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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75. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a report on the croí cónaithe cities scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35798/25]
James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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The Croí Cónaithe (Cities) Scheme supports the building of apartments in urban cores for sale to owner-occupiers. The Scheme aims to activate the supply of units which otherwise would not be delivered due to viability challenge by providing funding support to bridge the current "Viability Gap" between the delivery cost of building apartments and the market sale price (where the cost of building is greater).
Since the Scheme launched, three calls for Expression of Interest have been completed and a fourth call, which is presently underway, launched on 11 June 2025. To date, 10 developments, delivering 1,083 apartments have been approved. This represents a funding commitment of up to €132.6m. The Housing Agency, who administer the scheme on behalf of my Department, continues to assess remaining applications under the previous calls which have the potential to deliver a further 1,600 units.
A breakdown of the 10 approved development is provided in the table below.
Scheme | Local Authority Area | No. of Units |
---|---|---|
Dublin | Dun Laoghaire – Rathdown | 53 |
Cork | Cork City Council | 68 |
Cork | Cork City Council | 274 |
Cork | Cork City Council | 30 |
Dublin | Dun Laoghaire – Rathdown | 157 |
Dublin | Dun Laoghaire – Rathdown | 58 |
Dublin | Dun Laoghaire - Rathdown | 230 |
Dublin | Dublin City Council | 52 |
Dublin | Dun Laoghaire - Rathdown | 78 |
Dublin | Dublin City Council | 83 |
Total | 1,083 |
It should be noted that apartment developments typically take between 18 months and 2 years to complete and the first units completed with support from the scheme are presently on sale at Woodward Court, Glencairn Gate, Murphystown Way, Dublin 18 (53 units), Carr’s Hill, Castletreasure, Douglas in Cork (98 units) and Blackrock Villas, Blackrock in Cork (80 units).
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