Tenant Purchase Scheme
Dail Éireann — 2020-10-06
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Thomas Gould (SF), Cork North-Central

A person who recently retired received a cash payment, but when she wanted to buy her council house she could not do so because she has no income and is in receipt of a pension. She is in a catch-22 situation. She thought she would be able to buy the house when she retired. Another lady, who unfortunately was in a severe car accident and is now in a wheelchair, received a large sum of money but as a result of these criteria cannot buy a house. I agree with the two Deputies that something has to be looked at.

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Sitting date: 2020-10-06