Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 380: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has issued guidelines to local authorities instructing that houses that were originally purchased by tenants from local authorities under the tenant purchase scheme are not eligible for the rental accommodation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36351/11]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Under the terms of the tenant purchase schemes provided for in the Housing Act 1966 and related Regulations, dwellings are sold to tenants at significant discounts. A special condition is attached that the dwelling must be occupied as a normal place of residence by the purchaser or a family member for 20 years from date of purchase, unless the housing authority otherwise allows. If a tenant purchaser, within 20 years of purchase, wishes to rent out the house either on the private market or through the Rental Accommodation Scheme, consent of the local authority is therefore necessary. My Department has not issued any guidelines to local authorities instructing them to exclude tenant purchase houses generally from RAS.