Over 1,600 applications to vacant property scheme

Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien said the number of applications is ‘increasing all the time’. Picture: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie

Up to 1,600 applications have been received for the Croí Conaithe vacant property grant scheme, according to the Minister for Housing.

Minister Darragh O’Brien told a meeting of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage on Tuesday afternoon that there is a big interest in the grant scheme.