Housing Schemes

Tuesday, 20 January 2026

Questions (675)

Cormac Devlin

Question:

675. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a year-on-year breakdown, from 2018 to date, of the number of applications submitted by each Dublin local authority under the buy and renew scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4382/26]

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Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage

The information requested is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy in accordance with Standing Orders.

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Orders.

Local authorities are supported by my Department to purchase and renovate vacant/derelict properties to be upgraded as new, value-for-money social homes through the Buy and Renew scheme, introduced in 2016.

Up to 2025 local authorities had delegated sanction to pursue such acquisitions where the all-in cost of such homes are in line with my Department's acquisition cost guidelines. As such, my Department tracks acquisitions based on units completed, rather than on applications submitted by local authorities. From 2026 a new Buy and Renew programme will be in place that moves such projects into the LAs’ Build programme.

For Buy and Renew acquisitions, the all-in cost include the purchase price, associated fees, and the cost of refurbishment works.

The table below shows the number of acquisitions involving Buy and Renew completed by each Dublin local authority, broken down by year, from 2018 to Q3 2025:

				Buy and Renew 2018-Q3 2025
Year	DCC	DLR	Fingal	SDCC
2018	7	0	1	0
2019	20	0	2	0
2020	8	0	6	0
2021	5	0	5	0
2022	40	8	13	0
2023	23	2	10	0
2024	11	0	4	0
2025 (Q1-Q3)	8	0	5	0
Total Units	122	10	46	0