Gay Mitchell
Ceist:232 Mr. G. Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the figures for each administrative area and a total for the whole country for each year from 1970 to date in 1998 and projected up to 2005 for the number of local authority houses built, the number of local authority housing units built, the number of houses purchased for each local authority use; and the average cost of construction of each local authority house; the number of applications for local authority housing received; the number of applications for local authority transfers received; the number on the waiting list for housing by each local authority; the number on the waiting list for transfers by each local authority; the number of applications received and not yet processed onto the housing or transfer lists by each local authority; the number of successful housing applications; the number of successful transfer applications; the steps, if any, he intends to take to deal with the current housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18181/98]