Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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Question 545: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he expects the legislative framework will be in place to facilitate the sale of local authority flats under the tenants purchase scheme. [18020/06]

Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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In December 2005, with the approval of the Government, I announced a New Housing Policy Framework: Building Sustainable Communities. This sets out the key elements of the Government's vision for housing policy over the coming years. One of these elements is the introduction in 2007 of a new tenant purchase scheme for local authority tenants, which will allow for the sale of local authority flats under certain conditions. Legislation to underpin the new tenant purchase scheme will be made in a Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill currently being prepared by my Department.