Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 27 September 2012
136. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government his plans to reintroduce the additional discount of up to 15% under the tenant purchase scheme for persons who have been tenants of their home for over 10 years and his plans for the tenant purchase scheme in 2013 and beyond. [41217/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraI have no plans to re-introduce the additional discount tenant purchase scheme. It is intended to introduce legislation to underpin a new scheme for the sale of existing local authority houses to tenants on incremental purchase principles. The new scheme will be a discount scheme based on household income, and it will mean that tenants will have the option of buying the house they currently occupy under the incremental purchase model. It is envisaged that this scheme will be in place from 1 July 2013, subject to the necessary legislation being enacted.
