Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 30 Sep 2003

Vol. 571 No. 1

Written Answers. - Local Authority Housing.

Olivia Mitchell

Question:

1292 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment Heritage and Local Government if the regulations for eligibility for shared ownership require that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 14, declared eligible in one year on income grounds and in the following year when housing becomes available for purchase under a council lottery scheme, should be declared ineligible and lose the opportunity to access the limited housing available, on the basis of being temporarily over the income limit as a result of a once off lump sum union negotiated payment. [20492/03]

Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (Mr. N. Ahern)

The eligibility criteria for the shared ownership scheme require that an applicant is in need of housing and satisfies an income test, or is approved for local authority housing, or is a tenant or tenant purchaser returning their house to the local authority, or is a tenant of more than one year of a house provided under the capital loan and subsidy scheme which is being returned to the local authority. Implementation and management of the shared ownership scheme, including determination of eligibility, is a matter for each housing authority.