asked the Minister for Local Government and Public Health if he will state whether he has received proposals from the Galway Corporation for a building scheme in Galway; whether he has approved of the proposals; if he will state the total number of houses proposed to be built; the total building cost; the building cost per square foot and per cubic foot; the total all-in cost; the source and terms of the loan to be provided; the weekly rent necessary fully to amortise the full capital cost; the annual net rent proposed; the gross weekly payment, inclusive of rent and rates, and the portion of the gross capital cost to be met by payments of (a) the tenant; (b) the local authority; and (c) the State; and the amount of such payment which it is intended to meet by a payment from the Transition Development Fund.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Galway Housing Scheme.
Proposals have been received from the Galway Corporation for the erection of houses at Shantalla.
The proposals have been approved.
The number of houses included in the scheme is 64.
The total building costs per square foot are: for the Type A houses (54 of which it is intended to erect) 21/11 for end houses and 20/9 for intermediate houses, and for the ten Type B houses 19/8 for end houses and 18/2 for intermediate. The costs per cubic foot are: Type A, 1/9½ and 1/9; Type B, 1/6½ and 1/5½.
The total all-in cost is estimated at £59,000 for the scheme or £922 per house.
The loan will be provided from the Local Loans Fund with interest at the rate of 2½ per cent. and will be repayable by equal half-yearly instalments on the annuity system over a period of 50 years.
The weekly rent necessary fully to amortise the full capital cost would, if no financial assistance were given by either the local authority or the State, be 12/6.
The rents to be charged have not yet been fixed. In September, 1944, long before tenders were invited for the scheme, the corporation proposed rents of 6/- exclusive of rates. It was decided, however, to defer consideration of the rents until the houses were built.
The standard State subsidy payable under the Housing (Financial and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1932, will amount to £234 of the gross capital cost per house. A grant of £17 10s. 0d. per house has already been made towards site development cost from the Employment and Emergency Schemes Vote.
As the rents have not yet been fixed, it is not possible at present to indicate the portion of the remainder of the gross capital cost to be met by payments of the tenant, the local authority or from the Transition Development Fund.