77. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to allow first-time buyer couples to combine individual help-to-buy entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31324/26]
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324. Deputy John Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he plans to review the thresholds for the help-to-buy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26556/26]
205. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance regarding the operation of the help to build scheme, whether the current €500,000 limit applies to the overall market value of the completed residential property; whether the amount of mortgage approved by the lending institution is factored into the grant application, or if the letter of offer is purely there to show the necessary funds and fin…
935. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding any review of the help-to-buy scheme, particularly if he will consider increasing the purchase price limit of €500,000, for homes in Dublin, where the average property price is higher than that; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25387/26]
952. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of help-to-buy applications, approvals and drawdowns for every year the scheme has been in operation and to date in 2026 with the total annual expenditure for each year included in the table, in tabular form. [25897/26]
980. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will review the Living Cities Initiative to include owner occupier new builds in rural areas with high levels of disadvantage or depopulation as defined by POBAL and the CSO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17558/26]
36. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the support levels for help-to-buy will be revised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23052/26]
37. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the help-to-buy scheme will be expanded to include second-hand homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23054/26]
39. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 478 of 18 March 2026, if a modular home can be defined as a ‘qualifying residence’ for the purpose of the help to buy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22619/26]
477. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the steps being taken to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to extend the help-to-buy scheme to second-hand homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20432/26]
478. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if persons may avail of Government schemes such as the help-to-buy scheme when purchasing a modular home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20517/26]
487. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to review the current cap to the help to buy scheme to ensure that the cap is inline with house price inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20699/26]
343. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his plans to include an annual review of the property price ceiling for the help-to-buy scheme in the budgetary process to account for fluctuations in property prices nationally; the reason the first home scheme can increase the property price ceilings but the help-to-buy scheme cannot; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16239/26]
370. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will assess the clear regional disparity created by the use of open-market valuations in determining eligibility for the help-to-buy scheme (details supplied). [14349/26]
371. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the rationale for using a theoretical sale price as the determining valuation for a self-build in areas such as the Mizen Peninsula (details supplied); and if alternative valuation methodologies have been considered. [14350/26]
372. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider adopting the same build-cost assessment model already used by lending institutions when evaluating self-build mortgages, in order that applicants in high-valuation areas such as Schull are assessed on actual construction costs rather than inflated market values for help-to-buy eligibility. [14351/26]
462. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his plans to revise and increase the help-to-buy limit of €500,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11763/26]
181. Deputy John Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of people who availed of the help-to-buy scheme in Galway in 2025; if he plans to review the current price thresholds for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9557/26]
205. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will increase the house price ceiling to qualify for the help-to-buy-scheme. [10093/26]
422. Deputy William Aird asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the threshold for help-to-buy applicants from €500,000 in Budget 2026 in view of the increase in housing and construction costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10108/26]
28. Deputy John Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department will consider increasing the price threshold for the help to buy scheme to match the price ceiling applied to the first home scheme in Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6710/26]
401. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his plans to extend the help-to-buy scheme to second hand homes; and if he has commissioned research into the broadening of the scheme. [4048/26]
407. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to consider amending the help-to-buy scheme to reduce the 70% rule whereby a purchaser must be borrowing 70% of the purchase price of the house (details supplied). [4370/26]
32. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of people who have been supported under help-to-buy scheme since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64108/25]
42. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of help-to-buy claims approved in Cork city and Cork county over the past five years; the number of applicants associated with these claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63659/25]