Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 November 2014
973. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will introduce a new house purchase scheme for local authority houses at an early date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42286/14]
View answer1035. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding future tenant purchase schemes; the way current renters would be encouraged to purchase local authority houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41614/14]
View answer1042. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to put in place a new tenant purchase scheme for local authority houses; if he will confirm if and when this is likely to happen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41769/14]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 973, 1035 and 1042 together.
Part 3 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 provides for a new scheme for the tenant purchase of existing local authority houses. The scheme will operate along the incremental purchase model currently being applied in purchase schemes for local authority apartments and new local authority houses under the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, which involve discounts for purchasers linked to household income and a discount-related charge on the property that withers away over a period unless the house is resold or the purchaser fails to comply with conditions of the sale.
I intend to make the necessary statutory instruments in the coming months to enable the new scheme to come into operation.
