Eoghan Kenny (Cork North-Central, Labour)
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1162. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applicants that were successful in the tenant incremental purchase scheme for Cork city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45267/25]

Thomas Gould (Cork North-Central, Sinn Fein)
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1233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if cross-generational tenant purchases through the tenant purchase scheme are allowable; and if so, the regulations or criteria that apply. [46164/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1162 and 1233 together.

The Tenant (Incremental) Purchase Scheme 2016 is open to eligible tenants of local authority houses that are available for sale under the scheme. The scheme is underpinned by the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 and the Housing (Sale of Local Authority Houses) Regulations 2015 (as amended).

The scheme allows for the joint purchase of houses in circumstances were there are joint tenants. In order to be eligible to purchase a house under the Scheme, tenants must have a reckonable annual income of €11,000 and have been in receipt of social housing supports for at least 10 years, as determined by the local authority in accordance with the rules of the scheme. Social housing supports include HAP, RAS or 10 years tenancy of a local authority dwelling, or a combination of these supports. In the case of joint applications, only one tenant is required to have been in receipt of social housing supports for a period of 10 years.

Statistical information regarding the number of homes sold under the scheme until the end of 2024, broken down by local authority area, including the Cork City Council area, is available from my Department’s website: www.gov.ie/en/collection/0906a-other-local-authority-housing-scheme-statistics/#sale-of-local-authority-houses