There is a commitment in the programme for Government, under housing, to overhaul the terms of the tenant purchase scheme to make it more attractive for social housing tenants. As a former Minister with responsibility for housing, the Tánaiste will be aware that the scheme as currently constructed is unfair. It is inequitable and discriminates against people in receipt of social welfare. It is possibly unconstitutional. Two and a half years down the line, when is this commitment going to be implemented?

Over 80% of local authority tenants are debarred from purchasing their homes. If a person has retired and has a lump sum, he or she has plenty of money to purchase the house but if he or she is on a pension or disability payment, he or she is not allowed to purchase the house from the local authority. Surely to God it should be overhauled. It needs to be looked at. We cannot debar 80% of tenants from entering into the tenant purchase scheme. I urge the Tánaiste to overhaul the system as soon as possible.

The Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, will respond.

The tenant purchase scheme was overhauled very recently. We undertook a second review over the course of this year, which is now almost complete. We are in consultation with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. We are finalising the review and will be publishing the details very shortly.