asked the Minister for Transport and Power if Bord na Móna will consider introducing a purchase scheme for their houses so that the tenants will be in a position to purchase them on terms similar to those of the local authority purchase schemes.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Bord na Móna Houses: Purchase Scheme.
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The object of Bord na Móna in building houses was to provide accommodation for its employees, in areas where houses would not otherwise be available. A tenant who ceases to be an employee must therefore vacate his house which then becomes available for another employee. Under a scheme whereby tenants might purchase houses, a large number of the Board's houses might, in due course, become tenanted by non-employees and would not be available for employees who required them. Accordingly, the Board do not propose that arrangements should be made for tenants to purchase their houses.