Carol Nolan (Offaly, Independent)
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178. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will introduce amending legislation to expand access and eligibility requirements for the tenant incremental purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4986/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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The Tenant Purchase Schemes are open to eligible tenants of local authority homes that are available for sale under the schemes.

Schemes such as these are monitored on an ongoing basis to ensure that they remain effective and sustainable. However, an appropriate balance must be struck between increasing access for those in receipt of long-term housing support to purchase their local authority home, and ensuring, at a time of unprecedented demand, that local authority housing stock is not unduly diminished. As such, there are no immediate plans to introduce amending legislation or further expand on the eligibility criteria for access to the schemes.

Information regarding the schemes may be found on my Department’s website via this link: