Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Minister of State heralded the mortgage to rent scheme as a major success. Will she supply indicative figures showing the number of people who have availed of it? As of late last year, the number availing of it from Westmeath County Council was low.

When will the tenant purchase scheme be reintroduced? Some people in local authority housing would like to purchase their houses, but the scheme has been suspended. This is starving local authorities of much needed funding. If Westmeath County Council sold a local authority house, it would reinvest that money in upgrading its remaining social authority stock. That scheme has been suspended for a considerable period.

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