Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 24 February 2021
314. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of Rebuilding Ireland home loan applications received from persons in County Wexford to date; and the number that have been approved. [9894/21]
View answer315. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of Rebuilding Ireland home loans that have been approved and have since been drawn down in full in County Wexford. [9895/21]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 314 and 315 together.
The Housing Agency provides a central support service which assesses applications for the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan on behalf of local authorities and makes recommendations to the authorities to approve or refuse applications. Each local authority must have in place a credit committee and it is a matter for the committee to make the decision on applications for loans, in accordance with the regulations, having regard to the recommendations made by the Housing Agency.
The most recent figures, as at the end of January 2021, from the Agency on the numbers of applications that it has assessed and recommended for approval for Wexford County Council since the scheme began, are provided below:
- Applications Assessed: 260
- Recommended to Approve: 120
The next stages in the process are approval and drawdown from the local authority.
My Department regularly publishes information on the number and value of (i) local authority loan approvals and (ii) local authority loan drawdowns. Local authority approval means that an official letter of offer has been sent to a borrower (and therefore relates to a specific property and loan amount).
Figures for 2019 and the first two quarters of 2020 are available at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/42d2f-local-authority-loan-activity/#local-authority-loans-approvedpaid.
