Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 96: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to address concerns raised regarding the rights of tenants to purchase their own homes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6113/11]

Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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Under the terms of the Incremental Purchase scheme introduced in June 2010, new houses provided by approved voluntary and co-operative housing bodies and designated under the scheme may be purchased by their tenants. As regards the sale to tenants of existing houses provided by approved bodies, my Department is currently examining, in consultation with the relevant bodies, the future funding and governance arrangements for the voluntary and co-operative housing sector. The need for any policy and legislative changes, including changes to facilitate the sale to tenants of houses provided by approved housing bodies, will be considered in the light of the outcome of this examination.