Athlone will be one of the towns across the country enacted.
The Tanaiste is announcing a Westmeath town will be under a scheme to tackle dereliction in June.
The Living City Initiative, in place for areas like Cork and Dublin, will now be enacted in Athlone, Sligo, Drogheda, Dundalk and Letterkenny.
The scheme provides targeted tax incentives to encourage investment and bring vacant or underused buildings back into use.
Tanaiste Simon Harris says they want to expand their scheme as quickly as they can:
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