Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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150. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the options open to a local authority tenant who has been offered the possibility of purchasing the home from the local authority but where the valuation put on the property by the authority appears to be excessive; the rights the tenant has to challenge the valuation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47456/13]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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In the case of the 1995 tenant purchase scheme for existing local authority houses, which is now being terminated, a tenant who believes that the value of the house under the relevant regulations is lower than the housing authority’s valuation may submit a property valuation by a qualified valuer to the authority concerned. It is a matter for the authority to decide t he extent, if any, to which it revises its valuation on receipt of such a valuation. Where there is a significant difference between the two valuations the case should be referred to the Valuation Office for a definitive valuation.

In the case of the incremental purchase schemes for local authority apartments and newly-built local authority houses, where a prospective purchaser believes that the value of the dwelling under the relevant regulations is lower than the housing authority ’s valuation, the property value is determined by a valuer nominated by the prospective purchaser from a panel of valuers established by the authority.