Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 15 July 2026
255. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total annual cost of all home purchasing assistance schemes, including the help to buy scheme, Local Authority affordable purchase scheme, LDA affordable purchase scheme, the first home scheme, local authority home loan, all local authority tenant purchase schemes, including in foregone revenue. [53970/26]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe housing plan, Delivering Homes, Building Communities, reinforces and expands the range of existing affordable housing measures being implemented by the Government. In particular, a new Starter Homes Programme, which is a central component of the plan, aims to deliver an average of 15,000 starter home supports annually to 2030.
To underpin the delivery of this Starter Homes Programme, the Government is investing an unprecedented level of funding, including through an investment package of direct Exchequer funding, investment through the Land Development Agency and lending by the Housing Finance Agency.
The 2026 Exchequer allocations for my Department are published in the Revised Estimates Volume for the Public Service 2026 and can be accessed at the following link: assets.gov.ie/static/documents/653f8c26/Revised_Estimates_for_Public_Services_2026.pdf
Previous annual expenditure under which funding is allocated to the schemes which provide starter homes for purchasers and for the Local Authority Home Loan can be accessed through the respective Appropriation Accounts, available on the website of the Comptroller and Auditor General, linked below: www.audit.gov.ie/en/publications/appropriation-accounts/
