Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)
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Question 720: To ask the Minter for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the incremental purchase scheme as presented in the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008 will be applicable, on its commencement, to existing residents of voluntary housing schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28806/09]

Michael Finneran (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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Under the incremental purchase scheme, currently operating on a pilot basis but for which statutory provision has been made in the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008, housing authorities and approved bodies may designate a proportion of their new build housing stock for sale under the scheme.

While the scheme does not apply to existing local authority or voluntary housing stock, households currently in receipt of social housing support can apply to purchase a dwelling which has been designated for sale under the incremental purchase scheme. Those households currently in receipt of social housing support include tenants of a local authority, voluntary/co-operative tenants and those being housed under the Rental Accommodation Scheme.