asked the Minister for Local Government if he will state the total number of labourers' cottages erected in County Dublin between 1932 and 1948 and the number erected in each of these years.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Provision of Labourers' Cottages (County Dublin).
Mr. Murphy
The reply is in the form of a tabular statement which, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, will be circulated in the Official Report.
Following is the statement referred to:—
TABLE showing the number of labourers' cottages erected in County Dublin in each of the financial years in the period commencing 1st April, 1932, and ending on 31st March, 1948:
|
Year ended 31st March |
Number of labourers' cottages erected in County Dublin |
|
1933 |
32 |
|
1934 |
145 |
|
1935 |
278 |
|
1936 |
170 |
|
1937 |
99 |
|
1938 |
115 |
|
1939 |
140 |
|
1940 |
87 |
|
1941 |
136 |
|
1942 |
— |
|
1943 |
— |
|
1944 |
— |
|
1945 |
— |
|
1946 |
— |
|
1947 |
8 |
|
1948 |
— |
|
TOTAL |
1,210 |
asked the Minister for Local Government if he will state the number of labourers' cottages required to be erected in County Dublin as at the end of (a) 1932 and (b) 1947.
Mr. Murphy
According to an estimate prepared by the county medical officer of health in 1932 the number of labourers' cottages required to meet the then existing needs was estimated to be 1,541. A survey carried out by the Dublin County Council in 1943 showed the number then required to be 1,975. No later estimate of the housing needs of the county is yet available.
asked the Minister for Local Government whether he is aware of the present housing shortage in Dublin; further, if he is aware that building contractors to the Dublin Corporation have been unable to meet the requirements of the housing committee; and, if so, whether he will hold an early investigation into the cause of their failure to provide sufficient housing accommodation.
Mr. Murphy
The shortage of houses in Dublin and the defects in the organisation for house production are well known to me and have been reviewed in several public statements recently made by me. These statements indicate the steps that have been taken to improve the administrative machinery concerned with housing in the Dublin metropolitan area and to supplement the output of building contractors by direct building and re-conditioning to be undertaken by the several housing authorities concerned. The Dublin Housing Consultative Council which has just been constituted will be in a position to make the investigations suggested by the Deputy as it is part of their terms of reference to maintain contact with the building industry and examine questions affecting the execution of the programmes of the Dublin housing authorities.