Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages
Dail Éireann — 2024-10-09
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Darragh O'Brien (FF), Dublin Fingal

Through the Chair, this is not oral questions. We are dealing with important legislation here. A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, we can go down the road of me answering questions on every aspect of housing policy. Just to be fair to Deputy Healy-Rae on this, in respect of tenant purchase schemes through local authorities, they exist and are in place right now. The help to buy grant is a matter for Revenue. It is a grant that I support but it is an activation measure that relates to new properties. There is no prohibition on a tenant purchasing their local authority home if they meet the criteria that are set out. I also introduced a requirement that the home must be replaced by the local authority. We want to build up our housing stock; we do not want to just sell it out the other side. We are talking about more social homes. A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, I am conscious that we are straying outside of the section. Just to be courteous to Deputy Healy-Rae, I have answered his question. If he wants to write to me separately, he can do so. We have oral questions coming up the week after next on housing.

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Sitting date: 2024-10-09