Fiscal claim
8,000 vacant home grants
Headline figure
Per-year impact
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Cumulative programme spend
Total over horizon
€400m
2025–2029
Confidence
Stated in source
8,000 grants × ~€50k each ≈ €400m one-off.
Attribution & links
- Origin
- Manifesto
- Owner
- Aontú
- Policy area
- Housing
- Underwrites commitment
- Distribute 8,000 vacant home refurbishment grants
- Unit target
- 8,000 vacant home grants
- First stated
- 2024-11-21
- Last reviewed
- 2026-05-23
Verification
Cross-checked against the source document. Quote captured verbatim where the figure is directly stated; gaps and mismatches are noted honestly.
Verified against Aontú GE2024 Manifesto - Common Sense Manifesto Part 1, p.7: "Aontú in government will provide 8,000 vacant home grants of up to €70,000 each costing the exchequer €560m a year."
Evidence & sources
Every euro figure above ultimately traces back to the source document below.
Source
- Aontú GE2024 ManifestoAontú·Retrieved 2026-05-23medium
- Aontú GE2024 Manifesto - Common Sense Manifesto Part 1, p.7 - verbatim figureAontú·Retrieved 2026-05-23high
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