Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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267. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the rationale for excluding Part V properties from the new tenant purchase scheme. [14328/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The provisions of Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, are designed to enable the development of mixed tenure sustainable communities. Part V units are excluded from the Tenant (Incremental) Purchase Scheme to ensure that units delivered under this mechanism will remain available for people in need of social housing support and that the original policy goals of the legislation are not eroded over time. The continued development of mixed tenure communities remains very important in promoting social integration.

The new Scheme is in the early stages of implementation and my Department is monitoring its operation in consultation with housing authorities. In line with the commitment in the new Programme for a Partnership Government to make the scheme more attractive for social housing tenants and to raise new funds for housing development, I intend to undertake a review of the scheme following the first 12 months of operation. I will bring forward any changes to the terms and conditions of the scheme which are considered necessary based on the evidence gathered at that stage.