The Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy has said discussions are continuing between his department and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on a further tranche of funds for the Rebuilding Ireland scheme.
Speaking in the Dáil, he said he expected the discussions would be completed shortly.
Minister Murphy reiterated that the scheme remains open and said all local authorities have been advised to continue to process applications.
He was responding to Fianna Fáil's Darragh O'Brien, who said there are thousands of people who do not know what is happening with their mortgage applications.
He said many local authorities, such as Kildare, are not granting or approving loans because they have not received their allocation for 2019.
Mr O'Brien said the Government was "talking nonsense" and was giving the same answer as six weeks ago.
Minister Murphy said €140m had been drawn down out of €200m since the scheme began 14 months ago.
The scheme aims to help first-time buyers who have been refused a mortgage from two banks or offered insufficient finance.
Analysis released by Fianna Fáil earlier this month revealed that it could be oversubscribed by almost 100%.
Controversy arose earlier this year when ten local authorities reached their funding limit for the scheme.
In response to a Parliamentary Question, the Department of Housing said 3,912 applications to the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan had been assessed to the end of April, of which 1,996 had been recommended for approval.
The value of the approvals was €373m. The original budget of the scheme was €200m.
