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

A wide range of issues has been raised on this section. Deputy Boyd Barrett mentioned loans to build. Rural Deputies have suggested this, particularly where people have land on which they wish to build.

In regard to the issue raised by Deputy Ellis, on Committee Stage I undertook to come back on the issue of the sale of maisonettes. Part IV of the 2009 Act included provision for a scheme for the tenant purchase of apartments in a designated local authority complex, provided the sale comprised at least five apartments. The reason for the minimum complex size is that the apartment sale scheme involves the establishment of a management company, which the Law Reform Commission indicated in 2008 is not the appropriate owner and management mechanism for smaller residential complexes with limited shared areas and services. The effect of this is that while larger maisonette type developments may be eligible for designation under the apartment sale scheme, small developments will not qualify. I realise this is not the issue the Deputy just raised, but it was raised on Committee Stage by Deputy Boyd Barrett.

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