Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 21 January 2010
65 Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way local authorities will be directed to designate new housing for the incremental purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2474/10]
View answerHousing authorities have been instructed, by Circular letter, to begin the process of designating suitable new-build housing for incremental purchase by way of a Manager's Order. The Housing (Incremental Purchase) Regulations 2009 set out the classes of dwellings to which incremental purchase arrangements apply.
Further regulations are required to give full effect to the detailed terms of the scheme. These Regulations are currently being drafted by my Department with the intention that the scheme be rolled out to housing authorities by mid-2010.
