Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour) | Oireachtas source

It is a matter for each local authority in the context of the availability of its own resources from rental income and receipts from the sale of dwellings under the tenant purchase schemes to maintain their stock and ensure houses are made available. They also have had delegated sanction to use their internal capital receipts for housing purposes since 1 January 2007, subject to terms and conditions. They are, therefore, supposed to use their income from tenant purchases and rents to maintain housing stock. Other parties have many more councillors than my party since the local elections.

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