I propose to take Questions Nos. 529 and 530 together.
Since 2000 local authorities have operated their housing construction programmes on the basis of a four-year multi-annual allocation of house starts for the period 2000 to 2003. This replaced the system of individual annual house start allocations in operation prior to 2000. Information on the number of authorised starts allocated to each local authority under the 2000 to 2003 multi-annual programme is set out in the accompanying table.
Multi-annual action plans have been prepared by local authorities for the provision of social and affordable housing for the period 2004 to 2008. These have been approved by my Department and are designed to assist local authorities in identifying priority needs over the coming years and providing a coherent and co-ordinated response across all housing services, including delivery of housing by the voluntary and co-operative housing sector.
Detailed information on the number of local authority house starts and completions and output by the voluntary and co-operative housing sector by local authority for the years 2000 to 2004 is available in the annual housing statistics bulletins published by my Department, copies of which are available in the Oireachtas library. These figures, along with the figures for the first six months of 2005, are also available on the Department's website at www.environ.ie.
Local Authority Multi-Annual Housing Programme 2000-2003
Local Authority
|
Total Authorised Starts 2000-2003
|
Carlow County Council
|
235
|
Carlow Town Council
|
138
|
Cavan County Council
|
330
|
Cavan Town Council
|
138
|
Clare County Council
|
310
|
Ennis Town Council
|
100
|
Kilrush Town Council
|
40
|
Cork City Council
|
1,000
|
Cork (North) County Council
|
390
|
Fermoy Town Council
|
40
|
Macroom Town Council
|
70
|
Mallow Town Council
|
100
|
Cork (South) County Council
|
550
|
Kinsale Town Council
|
50
|
Midleton Town Council
|
70
|
Youghal Town Council
|
80
|
Cork (West) County Council
|
310
|
Clonakilty Town Council
|
60
|
Cobh Town Council
|
70
|
Skibbereen Town Council
|
67
|
Donegal County Council
|
1,040
|
Buncrana Town Council
|
60
|
Bundoran Town Council
|
30
|
Letterkenny Town Council
|
170
|
Dublin City Council
|
2,650
|
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council
|
900
|
Fingal County Council
|
1,400
|
Galway City Council
|
540
|
Galway County Council
|
598
|
Ballinasloe Town Council
|
60
|
Kerry County Council
|
550
|
Killarney Town Council
|
75
|
Listowel Town Council
|
45
|
Tralee Town Council
|
200
|
Kildare County Council
|
760
|
Athy Town Council
|
70
|
Naas Town Council
|
120
|
Kilkenny County Council
|
260
|
Kilkenny Borough Council
|
70
|
Laois County Council
|
350
|
Leitrim County Council
|
260
|
Limerick City Council
|
440
|
Limerick County Council
|
580
|
Longford County Council
|
250
|
Longford Town Council
|
120
|
Louth County Council
|
240
|
Drogheda Borough Council
|
285
|
Dundalk Town Council
|
285
|
Mayo County Council
|
530
|
Ballina Town Council
|
30
|
Castlebar Town Council
|
30
|
Westport Town Council
|
30
|
Meath Council Council
|
530
|
Kells Town Council
|
50
|
Navan Town Council
|
100
|
Trim Town Council
|
30
|
Monaghan County Council
|
258
|
Carrickmacross Town Council
|
20
|
Castleblaney Town Council
|
12
|
Clones Town Council
|
20
|
Monaghan Town Council
|
60
|
Offaly County Council
|
270
|
Birr Town Council
|
60
|
Tullamore Town Council
|
110
|
Roscommon County Council
|
360
|
Sligo County Council
|
240
|
Sligo Borough Council
|
250
|
South Dublin County Council
|
1,420
|
North Tipperary Council Council
|
196
|
Nenagh Town Council
|
40
|
Templemore Town Council
|
16
|
Thurles Town Council
|
64
|
South Tipperary County Council
|
300
|
Carrick on Suir Town Council
|
58
|
Cashel Town Council
|
26
|
Clonmel Borough Council
|
100
|
Tipperary Town Council
|
38
|
Waterford City Council
|
560
|
Waterford County Council
|
248
|
Dungarvan Town Council
|
110
|
Westmeath County Council
|
258
|
Athlone Town Council
|
100
|
Wexford County Council
|
520
|
Enniscorthy Town Council
|
100
|
New Ross Town Council
|
140
|
Wexford Borough Council
|
190
|
Wicklow County Council
|
520
|
Arklow Town Council
|
100
|
Bray Town Council
|
250
|
Wicklow Town Council
|
100
|