Paddy Burke (Fine Gael)

Senator Coffey mentioned the sale of a local authority house by a tenant. The tenant must get permission from the local authority to sell the house. Councils do not always give permission for the sale of houses but they have done so in some cases. They cause much controversy when some people get permission to sell the house while that is not the case for others. It is entirely at the discretion of the management of the local authority and I ask the Minister to bring us up to date on that within this legislation.