Local-authority tenant purchase scheme
Michael Healy-Rae asked whether the Government had advanced its promised scheme allowing local-authority tenants to purchase their homes. The Taoiseach said departmental work was under way and he would report on progress.
With regard to tenants of local authority houses - I have raised this matter here on a number of occasions-----
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The Government has made a commitment-----
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-----to introduce a mechanism whereby the tenants of local authority houses may purchase their homes. The Government is to send a directive to local authorities stating the scheme that will be put in place. Has the Minister with responsibility for housing done any work on this since I raised it here previously?
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From time to time, the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government offers tenant purchase agreements. This has been raised by a number of Deputies in the past number of months. I will advise the Deputy of what progress, if any, has been made by the Department in putting together a tenant purchase agreement, if that is what the Minister proposes to bring to the Government. A good deal of work is going on there.