Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Over 80% of local authority tenants are debarred from purchasing their homes. If a person has retired and has a lump sum, he or she has plenty of money to purchase the house but if he or she is on a pension or disability payment, he or she is not allowed purchase the house from the local authority. Surely to God it should be overhauled. It needs to be looked at. We cannot debar 80% of tenants from entering into the tenant purchase scheme. I urge the Tánaiste to overhaul the system as soon as possible.

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