
Only 12 grants were issued in Offaly in the last two years.
Midlands local authorities have paid out on just 20% of successful Vacant Property Refurbishment Grants in the lifetime of the policy.
The lowest conversion rate is in Offaly, where grants on just 12 successful applications have been issued from a total of 100 in the last two years.
23% of successful applications have been paid out in Westmeath, while the figure is 24% for Laois.
The figures are worse nationally, with a pay out rate of just 8.5% from just over 10,000 successful applications.