Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 557: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that tenants purchasing dwellings under the tenant purchase scheme are paying more than persons purchasing dwellings under the affordable housing scheme; and his views on whether this anomaly needs to be addressed. [32287/06]

Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Question 573: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will review the terms of the national tenant purchase scheme, in view of the fact that local authority tenants can be expected to pay, in many cases, a significantly higher price for a property than participants of affordable housing schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31878/06]

Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 557 and 573 together.

It is open to local authority tenants to apply for affordable housing and their eligibility would be assessed by the relevant local authority in the normal manner. All aspects of the tenant purchase scheme are currently under review in accordance with the Government's commitment in the housing policy framework — Building Sustainable Communities, announced in December 2005. Details of the revised scheme will be announced over the coming months.