Eamon Scanlon (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I join Deputy O'Dea in seeking clarity on this matter. It is a national issue, with a significant number of people experiencing discrimination. I am dealing with a case which involves a widow who has lived in her house for 50 years. She has the money to buy out the house, but she cannot do so because she does not have €15,000 a year in earned income. That is very wrong and it is causing serious problems, particularly for rural people. As the houses are not going back on the housing list, those living in them should be given the opportunity to purchase them.

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