Clare Daly
Question:170. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the cost to the Exchequer of first-time buyers' grants in each of the years since 1990. [33468/16]
View answerTuesday, 8 November 2016
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The New House Grant Scheme, which was administered by my Department, was terminated on 14 November 2002. The Scheme provided for a grant of €3,810 to be paid to first time buyers, where a contract to purchase or to build a house was entered into on or before 14 November 2002 and where an application had been received in my Department on or before 4 December 2002. Exchequer funding paid under this scheme to first time buyers since 1990 is set out in the following table.
|
Year |
Amount |
|
1990 |
€11,894,924 |
|
1991 |
€12,600,900 |
|
1992 |
€12,303,781 |
|
1993 |
€15,155,098 |
|
1994 |
€29,321,529 |
|
1995 |
€38,252,597 |
|
1996 |
€40,602,116 |
|
1997 |
€39,340,252 |
|
1998 |
€39,348,886 |
|
1999 |
€34,731,107 |
|
2000 |
€38,079,911 |
|
2001 |
€38,750,078 |
|
2002 |
€39,272,494 |
|
2003 |
€43,817,918 |
|
2004 |
€17,703,976 |
|
2005 |
€346,690 |
|
2006 |
€80,004 |
|
2007 |
€11,430 |
|
2008 |
€22,858 |
|
2009 |
€3,810 |
|
2010 |
€0 |
|
2011 |
€30,475 |
|
2012 |
€11,428 |
|
2013 |
€129,516 |
|
2014 |
€50,000 |
|
2015 |
€0 |
|
2016 |
€0 |