Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 March 2018
654. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when applications will be invited from local authorities for the second-round tranche of the local infrastructure housing activation fund, LIHAF; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14185/18]
View answerAs part of Budget 2018, I announced that an additional €50 million Exchequer funding will be available for a second LIHAF call. As was the case in the original LIHAF call, this will be subject to matching funding by local authorities, where my Department will provide 75% Exchequer funding, with the Local Authorities themselves providing 25% matching funding, bringing the total available to €66.5 million.
The criteria for the second call are currently being finalised and I expect a further call for proposals under phase 2 of LIHAF in April/May 2018. It will be open to all local authorities to submit new projects or resubmit previous projects for consideration at that time. Following assessment and selection of successful projects, it is expected that these LIHAF 2 projects would commence towards the end of 2018, with funding drawdown available from 2019.
