Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 26 Mar 2002

Vol. 551 No. 2

Written Answers. - Local Authority Dwellings.

Donal Carey

Question:

351 Mr. D. Carey asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if he received a motion (details supplied) which was unanimously passed at the local authorities' conference held in Letterkenny on 14 September 2001. [9980/02]

Minister of State at the Department of the Environment and Local Government (Mr. Molloy)

A copy of this motion has been received in my Department.

The consent of the local authority is required to the first resale of a local authority dwelling sold under the tenant purchase scheme. Prior to the enactment of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1992, the consent of the local authority was required to each resale of such houses. However, this requirement for the formal consent of the local authority to each subsequent resale was causing unnecessary delays and uncertainty in the sale and purchase of dwellings, many of which would not have been in local authority ownership for some years. In addition, in the case of any subsequent resale, the vendor would have paid the full market price for the property at the time of acquisition. Accordingly, it was con sidered inappropriate for the local authority to have a role in consenting to subsequent transactions relating to such properties. I, therefore, do not propose to amend the legislation as suggested.