Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 1 April 2025
337. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance to set out the number of help-to-buy grants drawn down in each year since it came into operation, the total spend on the scheme in each of these years, and the total expenditure on the scheme to date, in tabular form. [15666/25]
View answerThe Help to Buy (HTB) incentive, is a scheme to assist first-time purchasers with the deposit they need to buy or build a new house or apartment. It also has as an aim the encouragement of additional supply of new houses by supporting demand.
I am advised by Revenue that the total costs for fully approved Help to Buy (HTB) claims for the years 2017 to 2024, including retrospective cases for the period 19 July to 31 December 2016, along with the number of approved claims and applicants associated with these claims, broken down by year in which the claim was approved can be found in the Help to Buy (HTB) incentive annual statistics reports, which are available on the Revenue website at www.revenue.ie/en/corporate/information-about-revenue/statistics/tax-expenditures/htb/index.aspx.
The table below sets out the data requested.
|
Year |
Number of approved claims |
Claim amount (€m) |
|
2017 |
4,823 |
69.0 |
|
2018 |
4,971 |
73.3 |
|
2019 |
6,593 |
101.1 |
|
2020 |
6,106 |
120.3 |
|
2021 |
7,605 |
190.2 |
|
2022 |
6,890 |
180.8 |
|
2023 |
6,997 |
185.2 |
|
2024 |
8,541 |
225.5 |
|
Total |
52,526 |
1,145.2* |
(*rounding applies)
I am further informed by Revenue that as of 27 March 2025, the total value of approved HTB claims to date in 2025 is approximately €52.2 million. The total cumulative as of 27 March 2025 is €1,197.4 million.
