Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I wish to support Deputy Connolly on this issue. We have learned that the review is an ongoing discussion document within the Department. From time to time, the Minister of State and his ministerial colleagues can kick around possible recommendations but not let any of us know what is in the review. There are different views on the current scheme. I agree with Deputy Connolly. The anecdotal evidence I have from Dublin is that the tenant purchase scheme has pretty much ground to a halt. There are different views, particularly as we are trying to build up our housing stock, of what a future tenant purchase scheme should look like. Some people argue that such a scheme should not be in place, while others argue that it should. That is a matter about which we can have a discussion. I do not see why we should actually bundle this issue into the new social housing package that the Minister is apparently bringing forward. If the report exists, and it has since July 2018, why not bring it into the House for discussion? I mean that in a very constructive way because I have views on it, as do colleagues. Why wait until the end of the year and then bundle it in with everything else? This is an important issue.

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