Derek Nolan (Galway West, Labour)
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256. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to reintroduce the tenant purchase scheme for local authority housing; and his views on when, if at all, the replacement scheme will be put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11018/14]

Sandra McLellan (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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272. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when new legislation will be introduced to allow local authority tenants to purchase their homes; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10531/14]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 272 and 256 together.

The Government, on 17 December 2013, approved priority drafting of a Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill that will, among other things, underpin a tenant purchase scheme for existing local authority houses along incremental purchase lines. I expect that the Bill will be enacted this year, following which I will prescribe in regulations the commencement date and the detailed terms of the scheme.