Christopher O'Sullivan (Cork South-West, Fianna Fail)

I thank Senator Duffy. The Department obviously cannot get into the nitty-gritty of individual cases but from what he has described, the cost-rental tenant in situ scheme is the option in situations like these. Where someone is not in receipt of HAP or is not approved for social housing, the regular tenant in situ scheme does not allow for the local authority to purchase that house but the option is there for approved housing bodies. It is a less popular and less well-known scheme but where someone fits outside that income limit, that is the scheme for them, as long as the landlord is in a position to sell and is willing to sell, and as long as the approved housing body fitd all the criteria. For me, in those situations, that is the appropriate scheme. The income levels are different. There are limits under that scheme with regard to the level of income someone earns but certainly, that seems to me to be the appropriate scheme. I appreciate the frustration and the Senator's concern for that particular case, but that option is there and I would urge them to explore that.