Aindrias Moynihan (Cork North-West, Fianna Fail)
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1544. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority home loans approved and drawn down for Cork county for 2023, 2024 and 2025 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42257/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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Applications for a Local Authority Home Loan are made through the individual Local Authorities and the final decision on loan approval is a matter for the relevant local authority and its Credit Committee on a case-by-case basis.

Decisions on all housing loan applications must be made in accordance with the Regulations establishing the scheme and the Credit Policy that underpins the scheme, in order to ensure prudence and consistency in approaches in the best interests of both borrowers and the lenders, the local authorities.

My Department publishes information on the number and value of (i) local authority loan approvals and (ii) local authority loan drawdowns. Local authority approval means that an official letter of offer has been sent to a borrower (and therefore relates to a specific property and loan amount).

Information on drawdowns, approvals, average drawdowns, and average approvals for Local Authority Home Loans [and its predecessor] are available on my Department’s website at the following link:

www.gov.ie/en/collection/42d2f-local-authority-loan-activity/#local-authority-loans-approvedpaid

Aindrias Moynihan (Cork North-West, Fianna Fail)
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1545. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Croí Cónaithe applications received, with a breakdown of vacant and derelict applications received for the years 2023, 2024 and 2025 to date; and the number of these applications for the same years under vacant and derelict that have drawn down their approved funding, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42258/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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Pathway 4 of Housing for All sets out a blueprint to address vacancy and make efficient use of our existing housing stock.

The Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant, introduced in July 2022 under the Croí Cónaithe, provides a grant of up to €50,000 for the refurbishment of vacant properties for occupation as a principal private residence and for properties which will be made available for rent. A top-up grant of up to €20,000 is available where the property is confirmed to be derelict, bringing the total grant available for a derelict property up to a maximum of €70,000. In order to qualify for the grant, the property must be vacant for two years or more at the time of application.

My Department publishes data on applications for the Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant on its website on a quarterly basis, which includes a breakdown of applications for the Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant and the Derelict Property Top-up Grant, the total number of applications and approvals and the total number and value of grants paid per local authority. The Q2 2025 grant statistics were published on 18 July 2025. This data can be accessed at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/department-of-housing-local-government-and-heritage/collections/vacant-property-refurbishment-grant-statistics/#2025