Vacant property grants: Aid will be extended to 2030 despite Coalition row about caps

Cabinet to consider new plan after Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil resolve dispute about limits on the value of eligible properties 

'Irish Examiner Property' this month featured a cottage in Ballyvourney / Baile Mhúirne in Co Cork which shows the potential of once-vacant homes. See links at foot of this article.  

Plans to extend the vacant property refurbishment grant will be discussed by the Cabinet this week following a disagreement between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael on limiting eligible properties.

Fine Gael blocked a Cabinet memo on the matter last week and insisted that it was pulled due to caps limiting the value of a property that would be eligible for a grant.