Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)
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Question 253: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it his intention to make changes to the regulations whereby a tenant when purchasing a local authority property is entitled to a maximum reduction of 30% off the current market value and the equivalent of a first time buyers grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12549/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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I consider that the terms of the present tenant purchase scheme strike a reasonable balance between the aspirations of certain tenants to own their own homes and the needs of all other local authority tenants. Nevertheless, I will continue to keep the terms of the scheme under review in the context of the Government's statement on housing policy — Delivering Homes, Sustaining Communities, to ensure that the tenant purchase model remains both cost effective and equitable.